811.20 Defense (M)/7154: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in China (Gauss)
Washington, June 25,
1942—noon.
558. Your no. 684, June 10, 11 a.m.21
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- Offer of CNAC to transport metals is still receiving consideration. Your no. 611, May 27.
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- Project of making Chinese tin available to the Soviet Union by the northwest route is under discussion with the Soviet authorities. Yin, representative of the Chinese National Resources Commission, asserts inability of the Chinese to transport tin or to do anything more than make delivery at Kunming, but has offered to make cable inquiry. Department therefore has noted with interest your comment that Chinese can and should transport tin to point in northwest.
- 3.
- Department is gratified at progress made in shipment materials and hopes that arrangements regarding bristles will now go forward, Department’s no. 537 June 20, 1 p.m.22
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- Director Air Transport Project, BEW,23 desires regular reports air shipments from China all commodities by both army and CNAC planes. Please instruct Consul [at] Kunming report regularly including summary shipments already made.
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