701.6211/324½
President Wilson to the Secretary of State
Washington,
29 November, 1915.
My Dear Mr. Secretary: There need be no further delay in this matter. I would be obliged if you would act at once in regard to it. May I advise that you act in the following manner?
- 1.
- That you inform the Austrian Chargé that von Nuber’s exequatur will be cancelled at once, and that the exequatur be then recalled after a courteous interval, perhaps, in which to await the Chargé’s reply;
- 2.
- That you informally inform the German Ambassador that Boy-Ed and von Papen are personae non gratae, but that we wish to afford him an opportunity to have them promptly withdrawn without forcing us to make the formal demand that they be replaced, as we shall be obliged to do if they are not voluntarily recalled. I think that he will appreciate the courtesy and that it may be well to avoid a public course of action just now, though we should not hesitate to take it if there is no voluntary action.
Cordially,
W. W.