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763.72111/174½

President Wilson to the Acting Secretary of State

Washington, September 17, 1914.

My Dear Mr. Lansing: I entirely approve of the enclosed suggestions and rules8 and would be very much obliged indeed if you would send them with my approval and as by my request to the Departments of the Treasury and of Commerce.

Cordially and sincerely yours,

Woodrow Wilson
  1. See circular note of Sept. 19, 1914, to the diplomatic representatives of belligerent states, ibid., p. 611, and memorandum issued by the Secretary of State, ibid., p. 618.↩