Foreign Relations of the United States Diplomatic Papers, 1935, The Far East, Volume III

893.6359 Antimony/13: Telegram

The Secretary of State to the Chargé in China (Gauss)

Washington, February 6, 1935—5 p.m.

37. Your 56, February 1, 7 p.m., in regard to antimony monopoly.

1. Basing its views upon such information as is now available the Department does not agree with the contentions of the Foreign Office that the treaty provisions cited in the first paragraph of your telegram under reference are not applicable to the Hunan Antimony Syndicate.

2. Department suggests that you follow the course of action outlined in the concluding paragraph of your telegram under reference and that in so doing you bear in mind paragraph 1 of the Department’s telegram No. 44, February 19, [1934,] 1 p.m.,⁵⁶ in regard to the then proposed wolfram ore monopoly.⁵⁷

3. Has the Japanese Legation taken action in addition to that stated in the first paragraph of your 578 of December 15, 4 p.m.?⁵⁸

Hull

56. Not printed; paragraph 1 stated:

    “The Department is of the opinion (a) that article 3 of the Nine Power Treaty does not preclude a protest against the establishment of a government trade monopoly; (b) that article 15 of the Sino-American Treaty of 1844 and article 14 of the Sino-French Treaty of 1858 in effect prohibit Chinese private and government as well as foreign trade monopolies and thus afford ample ground for a further protest to the Chinese Government.” (893.6359 Wolfram Ore/30)

57. For other correspondence on the wolfram monopoly, see Foreign Relations, 1933, vol. iii, pp. 593 ff.
58. Not printed.