893.51/2601
The Secretary of State to the British Chargé (Lindsay)
Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your note No. 917 of December 31, 1919, regarding a proposed loan to the Chinese Government.
The Department is gratified to learn that the Japanese Government has withdrawn its objection to the loan. In this connection I take pleasure in informing you that I am just in receipt of a telegram from the American Ambassador at Peking [Paris] stating that the French Government has withdrawn its contention that the disbandment of the troops should be a sine qua non to the issuance of the loan.
There seems now to be no reason why the proposed advance to China should not be made, and the Department is today informing the American Group to this effect.
Accept [etc.]