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File No. 763.72/3421a

The Secretary of State to the Minister in Denmark ( Egan)2

[Telegram]
Washington, March 3, 1917, 4 p.m.

268. Please ascertain officially and telegraph whether government to which you are accredited prohibits the entrance and departure of merchant vessels armed for defensive purposes.

Lansing
  1. The same, on the same date, to the diplomatic representatives in Spain (No. 303), Norway (No. 86), Sweden (No. 137); and on Mar. 8, 10 a.m. to the representative in the Netherlands (No. 431).↩