Office of the Historian

600.939/353: Telegram

The Secretary of State to the Consul General at Tientsin (Caldwell)

Washington, July 14, 1939—5 p.m.

47. Your 150, July 11, 2 p.m.81 The Department would appreciate a prompt report by naval radio giving your estimate in regard to the probable effects which the extension of export and exchange control to cover all commodities may be expected to have upon American and [Page 427] other foreign banks operating in north China. In arriving at your estimate you may consult the American banks concerned, but the Department desires that if possible you avoid conveying the impression that your inquiries are other than informal and on your own initiative.

Repeated to Chungking, Peiping, and Shanghai.

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