611.946/425: Telegram
The Chargé in China (Peck) to the Secretary of State
[Received May 2—7:30 a.m.]
303. The local press has given prominence to reported resolution introduced by Senator Pittman which would authorize the President to restrict trade with countries violating the Nine Power Treaty. The British Ambassador informed me May 1 that the Minister for Foreign Affairs,6 acting apparently on the assumption that this or a similar measure will be enacted by Congress, has urged him try to introduce the British Government to initiate some step by the League of Nations to bring about similar action by League members. Foreign Office officials as also the British Ambassador have asked me whether there is any probability that the resolution in question will be adopted and I have pointed out the impossibility of making any prediction.
Repeated to Peiping.
- Wang Chung-hui.↩