File No. 893.51/2003
The Chargé in China (MacMurray) to the Secretary of State
[Telegram]
Peking,
September 13, 1918, 8 p.m.
Your telegram September 9, 6 p.m. The conclusion of a loan in connection with the scheme of currency notes is denied by the Minister of Finance but the truth of the matter is nevertheless in doubt.
So far as can be learned the enforcement of the gold regulations is in abeyance for time being but while the ultimate intentions of the authorities cannot be known, it is not supposed that they have definitely abandoned the project.
MacMurray