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TO BE TRANSMITTED
PR ARING OFFICE
WILL DICATE WHETHER
TELEGRAM SENT
CONFIDENTIAL CODE
(Full rate
NONCONFIDENTIAL CODE
Collect Day letter
PARTAIR
Night letter
Department of State
PLAIN
Charge Department:
Full rate
-2-
Washington.
Day letter
Nightletter
Charge to
$
hich can be immediately authorized.
/
Three. The first of these lists has just received the
/
/
President' S approval ! He has
authorized that steps be
taken immediately to arrange for the procurement of the
/
following items for China in the amounts and to the estimated
values stated:
Reilway equipment tfor ante-sianiyun
/
Railway)
$15,000,000
Communications equipment (telephones,
, switchboards, and wire)
$ 1,000,000
2000 Militery trucks'
$ 6,000,000
2000' Commercial trucks'
$ 6,000,000
Gasoline (5;000,000 gallons aviation
and truck)',
1,000,000
5000, tons Diesel oil
,50,000
2500' tons' Lubricsting oil
3
, 250,000
Rew materials' (for arsenals)
$10,000,000
150 Light' Caterpillar tractore
300,000
300 Light passenger cars,
300,000
3,000,000 Cotton blankets
$ 4,500,000
10,000,000 yards'Gray' sheeting
$
700,000
The estimated velues include cost of freight to Rangoon.
Four. The items listed represent merely the first list
of articles and quentities which after preliminary and repid
exemination could be approved promptly. Further study will
undoubtedly result in determination that larger quantities of
the articles listed above can be approved and additional lists
of other articles will be forthcoming in the near future as
the reports of the various committees, including ordnance and
Enciphered by
NATIONAL
Sent by operator
M.,
19 .
. SERVICE^
1-1402 PRINTING OFFICE
continued
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