79. Editorial Note
On December 3, Foreign Secretary Macmillan wrote to Secretary Dulles concerning the China differential. Macmillan noted that he and his colleagues in the Cabinet were under increasing pressure in the House of Commons and from British commercial interests to reduce constraints on trade with China. He added that he did not see how his government could resist this pressure much beyond the end of the year. Macmillan assured Dulles that, before taking any action to eliminate the China differential, the British Government would inform the China Committee. (Letter transmitted in telegram 2280 from London, December 3; Department of State, Central Files, 493.009/12–355)