answer: #Person1# wants to ship 5, 000 rolls of cotton in machine prints in five to six weeks. But #Person2# can only put off to eight weeks and suggests taking the prints in two shipments. #Person1# has to contact the Beijing office first before they confirm the order.
documents: #Person1#: Can you ship this batch of cotton within five or six weeks?
  #Person2#: What kind of cottons are they? May I see your list? Ah, machine prints.
  #Person1#: Yes, mainly prints. There are a few plain as well. Here they are.
  #Person2#: I see. And the quantities.
  #Person1#: 200 rolls of each. Make it 200 rolls for each sample.
  #Person2#: How many rolls altogether?
  #Person1#: Twenty prints and five plain. That makes 5, 000 rolls in all.
  #Person2#: Six weeks, did you say?
  #Person1#: Yes, five to six weeks.
  #Person2#: We could manage the plain rolls in six weeks. The prints might be put off to eight weeks.
  #Person1#: Eight weeks? We can wait that long.
  #Person2#: That's the best we can do just now, I'm afraid.
  #Person1#: Can't you make it seven weeks for the prints?
  #Person2#: What about taking the prints in two shipments? Two thousand rolls in seven weeks, and the remained a week later.
  #Person1#: That might be acceptable. I shall have to cable our Beijing office to get their approval. You can definitely supply in the time you've given me, I suppose.
  #Person2#: Yes, I'll see that you get those delivery. Shipping by'S. S. American'as usual, is that all right?
  #Person1#: That's right.
  #Person2#: When can we expect your confirmation of the order?
  #Person1#: As soon as I hear from Beijing, that will be either Friday or Saturday.
  #Person2#: All right.