Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Address of the President to Congress December 4, 1917

File No. 893.51/1737

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American Legation,
Peking, January 23, 1917, 1 p.m.

A rumor is being circulated to the effect that Chicago loan contract provides for such an option as would exclude all other American interests from making loans to China. I beg to request such information as to enable me to make denial or explanation.

Reinsch