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President Wilson to the Secretary of State
My Dear Mr. Secretary: I do not think that we need accede to the representations and request of Baron Zwiedinek. Our knowledge of von Nuber’s activities does not by any means rest wholly on what Goricar said, and I think we have abundant ground for the withdrawal of the exequatur. A little prompt action just at this time will be better in its effect than any amount of action later.
Why was Albert not included in the representation to the German Ambassador?16 He has been in many ways the head and front of the offending, and it is probable that even the Ambassador is obliged to accept his decisions.
I understand that von Papen has left the country, and that he will at an early opportunity be promoted by the admiring government he serves.
Faithfully,
- Heinrich Albert, commercial attaché of the German Embassy at Washington. For correspondence previously printed concerning Albert, see Foreign Relations, 1915, supp., pp. 927, 936, 938–940.↩