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Government an outline of the proposals with
regard to the use of a proportion of the silver
for flood relief. On 9th December he hanghai
telegram Wo. 1350) pressed that the sum allocated
for relief should be specified and that there
saɔuld be no question of drawing upon the fund
indefinitely.
He recommended the exclusion of
Chinese representatives, whether puppet or
government, on the board to be established for
the control of the fund.
The Chinese Government were notified of
the proposal at Chungking on 9th December
(Shangnai telegram No. 1561 of 12th December].
On 12th December in an oral statement (hanghai
telegram No. 1964 of 13th December) they
regretted their inability to agree saying that
the silver was a reserve for legal tender which
should not be diverted to any other use, and
that the Chinese Government had already
recently set aside 3 million dollars for relief.
A personal message by Sir A. Clark Kerr in an
effort to induce the Chinese Government to
alter
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