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President Wilson to the Secretary of State
Washington,
24 January, 1917.
My Dear Mr. Secretary: It is only too probable that Gerard’s conjectures in this matter are well founded. I wonder if you have come to any fixed conclusion in your own mind as to whether the recent practices of the British in regard to the arming of their merchantmen force upon us an alteration of our own position in that matter.
W. W.