811.20 Defense (M)/7163: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in China (Gauss)
603. Your no. 691, June 11, 10 a.m. Please report as closely as possible amounts of mercury on hand ready for export, specifying [Page 660] any quantity that may be ear-marked for Soviet Russia, as well as quantity free mercury available for the United States. Where is this mercury located and is it sufficiently near Kunming to be picked up immediately provided air space is available, as indicated in Kunming’s no. 38, July 2, 12 noon?25
Is the Department to understand that, in addition to any quantities on hand, this year’s production will be some 200 tons of which 180 will be committed to Russia for loan payments?
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