The Archive · 1939

Chinese Asked to Write Fewer Letters

Dec. 29.

The transfer of the Chinese Government to the interior, as well as alone is said to be handling over involving of Sino-ities, some 20,000 miles) of new the subject and implied pointedly. that the burden of new developments rests on Tokyo.

Although Senator Key Pittman, Chairman of the Senate Foreign Rela-returned traffic development of his projected embargo against Japan was expected, so far he has mysteriously absented himself from his office and has not received the press Senator Pittman normally receives the press promptly.

His unavailability aroused specula-Yon as to whether the Administration had requested him to remain silent. Other Senators had previously indicated that there was widespread agreement on silence in regard to he expiration of the trade treaty

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