693.119/320: Telegram
The Chargé in China (Tenney) to the Secretary of State
[Received May 17—2:35 p.m.]
109. Referring to the Department’s April 23, noon and May 16 [14], 1 p.m. No confirmation of report of Belgian shipment of arms. The dealing in aeroplanes has been reported already. The Italian Minister assures me emphatically that no Italian munitions have been delivered nor can I obtain proof his statement is inaccurate. Steel and copper have been imported by merchants of different nationalities, including American, nominally for mints or other enterprises which have ultimately reached the arsenals. It is generally believed that the Japanese have been dealing in munitions but proof is not obtainable.