Interviewed by Reuter today con® cerning comments abroad on the off fell announcement made here on March 20 on the subject of loans secured on the salt revenue, a spokes~ man of the Ministry of Finance sald:—Important aspects of the action taken are:
"1. Pending the conclusion of the debt negotiations which have been {nitiated, Salt-secured loans are being treated in the same way 'a8 Toans Secured on the Customs, to which the announcement made on January 45 relates, That is, a share on the service is. being sot aside in special accounts inthe Central Bank.
"2. The Anglo-French loan coupon ne on April 8 is, however, being pald 'a5 a special case because fiscal agents, slreedy have on hand, from payments previously made to riem, funds sufllent to cover this coupon.
"3. The Chinese Government negotiating with representatives of the creditors, and hopes to arrive at a. Fensonable agreement to maintain the opt service, 20 far as it Is practicable under existing conditions."—Reuter,
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