893.48/1044: Telegram

The Secretary of State to the Counselor of Embassy in China (Peck)

15. For the Ambassador. Shanghai’s 107, February 17, 4 p.m. You or Gauss may inform Kung orally, with appropriate reference to his conversation with you on February 17, as follows:

The American Government, after careful consideration of the many factors involved, would not be prepared, if requested as indicated, to reinstate the canceled portion of the cotton and wheat credit of 1933 under reference.

Hull