800.6354/146: Telegram

The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in the United Kingdom (Kennedy)

958. The information contained in your 1641, September 14 is only the latest in a series of developments presenting convincing evidence that the management of the tin control scheme has been short-sighted. We rely on MacDonald’s assurances that it is the policy of the British Government to make adequate supplies available. We feel, therefore, that the Committee should move immediately to release to the market all of the tin that can be made available over the next few months. In our opinion all restriction should be removed until stocks in consuming markets can be restored to healthy levels and the Committee’s buffer stock built up again at least to a point near 15,000 tons, including a fair proportion of Straits tin.

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