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378 as-As 80-1 PREPARING OFFICE TO BE TRANSMITTED WILL INDICATE WHETHER Full rate TELEGRAM SENT x (SECRET x Collect CONFIDENTIAL Day letter S Night letter RESTRICTED CLEAR Charge Department: Department nf State PARTAIR Full rate SC" Day letter Night letter Washington, Charge to April 15, 1943. $ AMERICAN EMBASSY, Thia omble une and gpm It should t onfidentral Code. CHUNGKING (CHINA). being comminicate: d pefore 487 be Reference Embassy' 8 527 April 11, a.m. in regard 893. 44 thing Nair sheh reference) to proposed exchange subsidy to diplomatic missione. One. With reference to the rate of the proposed ex- change subsidy please confirm the Department' understanding that under the proposed arrangement CN$30 would be received for one dollar United States currency. 5151 Two. You are also requested to ascertain, merely as note a matter of information, whether it is contemplated that 9.54 such an exchange subsidy would be extended to foreign governmental agencies other than diplomatic missions and whether foreign armed forces in China would also be included in such an arrangement. Three. The Department 1s not yet in a position to give the Embassy definite instructions regarding reciprocal lend-lease but every effort is being made to reach an agreement as rapidly as possible with Lend-Lease and other agencies of the Government in regard to the fiscal and tech- nical problems involved in such an agreement. Until full understanding ARCHIVES ANATIONAL RECORDS . SERVICE &

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