651.116 Nitrate/81: Telegram

The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in France (Straus)

60. New York Times publishes Paris despatch that United States has been shut out of French nitrate market this year, Chile and Norway receiving 80,000 and 20,000 tons respectively. If appropriate at this stage, please take matter up with French again, emphasizing this Government’s position as outlined in Department’s 469, November 21, 1934.40 Please advise Department by cable.

Hull