Foreign Relations of the United States Diplomatic Papers, 1939, The Far East, Volume III

893.51/6868: Telegram

The Ambassador in France (Bullitt) to the Secretary of State

Paris, April 18, 1939—2 p.m.
[Received April 18—12:55 p.m.]

766. The Chinese Ambassador²⁵ gave me this morning a copy of an aide-mémoire which he had presented to the French Government on April 13th requesting the French Government (1) to contribute to the Chinese currency stabilization fund; (2) to grant a guarantee of credits to facilitate the financing of railway and industrial developments in Southwestern China; (3) to reduce the transit duties on supplies of materiel for China through Indo-China.

I shall forward a copy of this aide-mémoire by pouch tomorrow.²⁶

Bullitt

25. V. K. Wellington Koo.
26. Not printed. See also telegram No. 770, April 18, 6 p.m., from the Ambassador in France, p. 528.