811.20 Defense (M)/4078 Suppl.: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in China ( Gauss )
49. Department’s 14, January 10, 3 p.m. The Department understands through K. C. Li that word has been received from Dr. H. H. Kung to the effect that, because of prior commitments of 1 or 2,000 tons to Great Britain and 4,000 tons to the Soviet Union, the maximum shipments of wolframite to this country, including the Tulsa shipment, will be 15,000 tons. Dr. Kung added, however, that the National Resources Commission had been directed to exert every effort in production toward attaining a 1942 goal of 20,000 tons for the United States.