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President Wilson to the Secretary of State
Washington,
10 May, 1915.
My Dear Mr. Secretary: After all, this* does not express Page’s own opinion, but what he takes to be public opinion at the moment in Great Britain.
It is a very serious thing to have such things thought, because everything that affects the opinion of the world regarding us affects our influence for good.
Faithfully Yours,
W. W.
- Page’s despatch about the Lusitania, which I find I have burned. [Footnote in the original. The despatch is printed in Foreign Relations, 1915, supp., p. 385.]↩