File No. 300.115/1063

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

[Telegram]

966. Department’s 407, October 28 [27]. Foreign Office advises me under date of November that as regards cargoes of steamships Kassala and Waddon, loaded with manganese ore for United States [Page 422] Steel Products Company, special licenses will be issued by the Government of India if Government of United States will give assurance that ore will be consumed in the United States. Requests suggestions as to future consignment in order that needs of American manufacturers may be supplied without risk of promoting to detriment of British Government the export of manganese ore, whether of Indian or other origin, to countries with which Great Britain is at war. I shall await Department’s instructions.

American Ambassador