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Memorandum by the Adviser on Political Relations (Hornbeck) of a Conversation With the British Chargé (Mallet)
Mr. Mallet called. He tells me that he has another urgent message from Mr. Eden with regard to the inquiry which he made orally yesterday on the subject of an economic boycott.
Mr. Eden says that in view of the fact that public interest in the Far East is still very keen in London it would help him very much for his own information to learn as soon as convenient what are the reactions of the United States Government to the inquiry which Mr. Mallet made yesterday regarding an economic boycott. Mr. Mallet is therefore being instructed to renew his inquiry and at the same time to make it clear that the question whether or not the kind of action suggested in London would in fact prove to be effective is one which clearly requires further examination. The British Government would be very glad to undertake such an examination with the United States Government if the United States Government felt able to join them in doing so.