851.857 Su 8/82½
The Secretary of State to President Wilson
Washington,
April 15, 1916.
My Dear Mr. President: I have been through the affidavits which were taken in France in the case of the Sussex, and also some that were taken in England.38 They do not add materially to our fund of knowledge in regard to the case, although they do furnish three additional witnesses who saw the wake of the torpedo as it approached the vessel.
I am enclosing a redraft of the statement of facts, giving the authorities.39
Faithfully yours,
Robert Lansing
- For text of these affidavits, see Diplomatic Correspondence With Belligerent Governments Relating to Neutral Rights and Duties (Washington, Government Printing Office, 1916), vol. III, pp. 251 ff.↩
- For the statement as sent, see Foreign Relations, 1916, supp., p. 234.↩