800.6354/141: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in the United Kingdom (Kennedy)
928. Your 1604, September 12, noon. Please urge upon Campbell and the British Government the desirability of liberal tin releases, at least for the rest of this year, to enable the accumulation of stocks as well as to discourage speculative price increases; the “real consumption of tin” should not be the principal factor influencing decisions at this time.
It is hoped that the points raised in the Department’s no. 758, September 2, 3 p.m., will be taken into account by the Committee. If the Committee provides sufficiently liberal quotas, there will of course be no necessity to request a special quota to cover purchases of reserve stocks by this Government.