File No. 763.72112/335a
The Acting Secretary of State to the Ambassador in Great Britain (Page)
Washington, November 8, 1914.
[Telegram]
490. The Argentine Government is desirous of obtaining information in regard to the course pursued by the United States in cases of contraband cargoes which have been seized or detained by the British authorities, and requests unofficially that its Minister at London may hold informal conversations with you on this subject. At the instance of the Argentine Minister, therefore, you may advise him entirely unofficially as to the course followed by the United States in its representations to Great Britain regarding seizures and detentions of contraband.