811.20 Defense (M)/6000: Telegram
The Ambassador in China (Gauss) to the Secretary of State
Chungking, April 8,
1942—1 p.m.
[Received 3:05 p.m.]
[Received 3:05 p.m.]
363. Reference Embassy’s 251, March 20, 11 a.m., paragraph 6. British Embassy has now informed this Embassy that the British Government is prepared to take all current stocks and the 1942 crop of silk, provided it is suitable for parachutes and the prices are reasonable, and to share supplies with other United Nations.
The Embassy will make the investigations called for in paragraph 6 of Department’s 258, April 4, 7 p.m., and report its findings.
Gauss