Office of the Historian

800.6354/146: Telegram

The Ambassador in the United Kingdom (Kennedy) to the Secretary of State

London, September 14, 1939.
[Received September 14—11:35 a.m.]

1641. I have again talked to Malcolm MacDonald. At the close of the tin market yesterday the buffer stock pool had apparently exhausted its resources and since there was no supply of tin available it was deemed advisable to close the market, particularly in view of the conference to be held tomorrow mentioned in my 1625, September 13.89

Kennedy
  1. Not printed; it stated that “the Dutch are coming over on Friday to meet Campbell and the British Metal Controller to work out a long range tin policy.” (811.24 Raw Materials/318)↩