File No. 893.51/1815
The Secretary of State to the British Ambassador
Washington, October 16, 1917.
Excellency: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of the memoranda of October 3 and October 8, 1917, from your Embassy, relative to a proposed Currency Reform Loan to the Chinese Government.
In reply to the request for information as to the decision of the Government of the United States on the subject discussed in the memoranda under acknowledgment, I have the honor to state that the matter is having at present the careful consideration of this Government which cannot at this time express an opinion relative thereto.
I have [etc.]