811.20 Defense (M)/1225

The British Embassy to the Department of State

With reference to the State Department’s memorandum of February 7th, the British Government point out that the International Tin Restriction Scheme is based on exports from Bolivia and not on production. It is therefore proposed that the clause in question should read as under, a wording which closely follows that proposed by the State Department:

“The Bolivian Government shall insure that if permissible exports from Bolivia under International Tin Restriction Scheme in any twelve months period from July 1st to June 30th are less than the total exports from Bolivia during the twelve months ending June 30th, 1941 the tonnage of tin metal in ore to be made available from Bolivia to United Kingdom shall be in the same proportion to the total exports of tin metal permitted to Bolivia under the International Tin Restriction Scheme as exports to United Kingdom bear to total Bolivian exports during the twelve months ending June 30th, 1941.”

It is hoped that this wording will be acceptable to the State Department.