893.51/6158: Telegram

The Consul General at Shanghai ( Gauss ) to the Secretary of State

245. 1. Department’s 111, April 22, 6 p.m. Orally conveyed to source who expressed appreciation and stated that views indicated would be taken into account. He agrees each obligation should be considered on its own merits and stated that he is doing all practicable promote settlements consistent with capacity to pay under present and prospective conditions and avoidance of unjustified discrimination.

2. My telegram No. 209, April 16, last sentence paragraph 1. Source states those loans are not now subject of actual negotiations and probably will not be for some time.

Repeated Peiping, Nanking by mail.

Gauss