800.6354/160: Telegram
The Ambassador in the United Kingdom (Kennedy) to the Secretary of State
[Received October 25—10:22 a.m.]
2156. As requested the Colonial Office has supplied more precise figures of tin movements to the United States than those given in my 2150, October 24, midnight. They are as follows: September, 4,900 tons; estimated October, 13,000 tons; estimated November, 10,000 tons. The Colonial Office indicated that the increase in October was due to the availability of mine head stocks.
I pointed out that on the basis of the annual American consumption of 120,000 tons the above figures were in no way reassuring. The Colonial Office asked whether our figure included September and if not what was rate of American consumption in that month.