811.24 Raw Materials/969: Telegram
The Ambassador in the United Kingdom ( Kennedy ) to the Secretary of State
[Received May 21—2:25 p.m.]
1308. The International Rubber Regulation Committee took the quota action indicated in the Embassy’s 1263, May 18, 3 p.m. Before the meeting the Embassy put the substance of the Department’s 915, May 20, 10 p.m., to the Colonial Office in the form of a query and the Committee has in its communiqué urged the governments concerned to issue as soon as possible export permits for the whole period, and the Colonial Office is supplementing this by telegrams to the various governments reinforcing the above and suggesting that shippers who anticipate permits should not be penalized. It was also stated in the communiqué that “under the scheme of regulation it is open to the Committee to revise their decisions from time to time if for any reason this should in its opinion be desirable.” Sir John Hay has received the necessary authorization and is now making his plans for departure which will be passed on to the Department as soon as possible.