800.6354/139: Telegram
The Ambassador in the United Kingdom ( Kennedy ) to the Secretary of State
[Received September 11—9:54 a.m.]
1581. Department’s 883, September 9th. The Colonial Office states in strict confidence that the Dutch are passing the word to their tin interests to produce tin freely regardless of whether they exceed the quota. The British have informally advised them that they will take no exception to this procedure and in turn they are telegraphing the Governor of the Straits Settlements to take similar action.
The Colonial Office perceives no reason why more than a thousand tons of tin could not be licensed for export from England to the United States in the near future and it is going into this question with the Metal Controller, Oliver Lyttelton.