Foreign Relations of the United States Diplomatic Papers, 1934, General, the British Commonwealth, Volume I

561.35E1/62: Telegram

The Ambassador in Great Britain (Bingham) to the Secretary of State

London, March 8, 1934—noon.
[Received March 8—8:40 a.m.]

108. From Atherton: Informal conferences began yesterday continuing late into night developed that Chadbourne countries wanted dictum commitment that surplus crops particularly in the Philippines would be disposed of in five annual installments preferably in the United States.

Pending instructions we have taken position that disposal of initial Philippine surplus could be discussed with other exporting countries in the hopes of reaching terms that might be satisfactory to the American Government.

Bingham