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506 61-2 -2-#2365, December 10, 10 Pemes from Chungking, required monthly from five to sixf hundred million Chinese dollarse Kung's reactiont$o Somervell plan was plainly adverse. New Wax Depastment proposal will certainly meet cola reception. Treasury may wish to push Ses negotiational further, If they do not succeed I recommend that State, Treasury, Was, PRL and other interosted war agencies should consult and a strong formal approach should then be made to Chinese Government for reasonable equitable financial exchange arrangements preferable within the general framework of reverse Lend-Lease but assuring China of some reasonable accumulations of United States dollars resources, I feel that as China is hichly sensitive to United States public opinion and criticiam some care- fully controlled publicity on existing arbitrary exchenge situation in China as affecting costs we must pay for financing war effort here - costs 8 to 10 times those payable for comparable services and facilities in United States - and possible suggestion of Changressional interest in the matter would have beneficial effect here in lighting a fire under those inclined to be non-eboperative and evasive and desirous of continuing to explois the situntion to acomulate large United States dollars reserves out of ous expenditures. G/JSS RR MATIONAL ARCHIVES

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