Office of the Historian

693.119/351a: Telegram

The Secretary of State to the Minister in China (Crane)

[Paraphrase]
Washington, September 15, 1920—2 p.m.

237. Cable briefly your comment on last two paragraphs of letter no. 57, July 23, 1920, from the Acting Commercial Attaché Batchelder to the Department of Commerce,97 especially on statement that our Government appears to be the only one that is trying to keep its nationals from obtaining contracts for munitions and that the embargo on arms is a dead letter. Any information in your possession regarding statement in final paragraph of Batchelder’s letter should also be reported to the Department.

Colby
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