793.94/11717: Telegram
The Chargé in the United Kingdom ( Johnson ) to the Secretary of State
[Received December 18—12:55 p.m.]
785. Your 493, December 15, 7 p.m.34 The Foreign Office has again requested me urgently to inquire of the Department whether they have by this time had a more specific request from China in regard to financial assistance and perhaps the same memorandum, or a similar one, as that received by the Foreign Office from the Chinese Ambassador here on December 6. The Foreign Office states that it would be very interested to know the Department’s reactions to such a memorandum if it has been received or anything that could possibly be said of what the Department’s reactions would be. It was stated that the Foreign Secretary must place this matter before the Cabinet on Wednesday.34a