Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, 1914, Supplement, The World War

File No. 611.459

The Acting Secretary of State to the Ambassador in Great Britain (Page)

Department of State,
Washington, October 31, 1914.

[Telegram]

439. Carnegie Steel Company, Pittsburgh, has been receiving manganese ore from India under contract extending over period of years with Central Provisions Prospecting Syndicate, London, and is willing to guarantee consumption in America and not to be reexported. Ask Foreign Office if embargo by India against shipment to United States can be removed.

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