Foreign Relations of the United States Diplomatic Papers, 1938, The Far East, Volume III

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Memorandum by the Acting Secretary of State⁶¹

[Washington,] December 9, 1938.

I send you herewith the papers I have just received from Mr. Oliphant.⁶² The question came up in Cabinet meeting this afternoon and I gather that the President would like this put through without further delay. Consequently, we should be in a position to express our views with regard to this proposed contract and with regard to the other papers not later than next Monday.

S[umner] W[elles]

61. Addressed to the Adviser on Political Relations and the Chief of the Division of Far Eastern Affairs.
62. Herman Oliphant, General Counsel to the Treasury Department; papers not identified but they referred to the proposed tung oil agreement.