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President Wilson to the Secretary of State

My Dear Mr. Secretary: I asked Mr. Palmer87 to send me the enclosed,88 as specimens of what is being sent to our shippers, and I think that you ought to see them.

The copy of the British note of the twenty-fourth [twenty-third] of this month,89 which you sent me, has been received and read with the closest attention. It seems to me, I must say, to make out a [Page 303] strong case. Pending the receipt of the supplementary note, I should very much like an intimation of your first impressions.

Faithfully Yours,

W. W.
  1. A. Mitchell Palmer, judge, United States Court of Claims.
  2. Samples of guarantees required of shippers to insure passage of goods through British blockade.
  3. Foreign Relations, 1915, supp., p. 168.