File No. 124.62/17a
The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in Spain ( Willard)1
[Telegram]
Washington,
February 3, 1917, 1 p.m.
209. German Ambassador here, together with his staff, will be handed passport at 2 p.m. to-day. Immediately inform Spanish Government of this Government’s desire that American interests in Germany may be cared for by the Spanish Embassy at Berlin and request instructions be telegraphed there immediately.
Lansing