Office of the Historian

811.20 Defense (M)/8110: Telegram

The Ambassador in China (Gauss) to the Secretary of State

Chungking, August 4, 1942—2 p.m.
[Received August 4—11:20 a.m.]

907. For Milo Perkins26 from Currie.27 Air transport of tungsten, tin, bristles, silk for British parachutes, from Yunnanfu prevents movement of Chinese troops to India for equipping and training. Are exports of these items vital or important to our war effort? Are substitutes or alternate sources available? Advise immediately care George Merrell, New Delhi. [Currie.]

Gauss
  1. Director, Board of Economic Warfare.↩
  2. Lauchlin Currie, Administrative Assistant to President Roosevelt.↩