800.6354/167: Telegram
The Ambassador in the United Kingdom (Kennedy) to the Secretary of State
London, November
1, 1939—5 p.m.
[Received November 1—12:53 p.m.]
[Received November 1—12:53 p.m.]
2238. I had an opportunity of seeing Malcolm MacDonald last night and having a talk with him about the tin situation and his office telephoned today to say that the Dutch had withdrawn their objection to the British proposal and that therefore the Chairman’s communiqué had been issued raising the tin quota for the current quota [quarter] to 100% and for the first quarter of 1940 to not less than 60%. Please inform Commerce of quota changes.
Kennedy