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President Wilson to the Secretary of State

Washington, 25 January, 1916.

My Dear Mr. Secretary: Do you not think that it would be wise to post Gerard pretty fully in this matter. I think that House ought to know the full facts, but I do not like to go over Gerard’s head and tell House and not him. House, according to this despatch,2 will be in Berlin to-day and it is of the utmost importance, of course, that he [Page 523] be fully posted. It might be well to instruct Gerard specifically to tell House everything, though I suppose he would do so in any case.

Faithfully Yours,

W. W.
  1. Telegram No. 3375, Jan. 21, 1916, from the Ambassador in Germany, Foreign Relations. 1916, supp., p. 148.↩