Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Address of the President to Congress December 5, 1916

File No. 893.811/215

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American Legation,
Peking, April 21, 1916, 6 p.m.

My telegram of April 20, 11 p.m. The loan is a provincial obligation guaranteed by the Chinese Government, a form which has advantage of gaining direct provincial support and security in addition to that of Central Government.

Reinsch