Mine laying and the establishment of maritime danger zones


[731] The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in Great Britain (Page)

File No. 763.72/1276a


[732] The Ambassador in Great Britain (Page) to the Secretary of State

File No. 763.72/1279


[733] The Ambassador in Germany (Gerard) to the Secretary of State

File No. 862.801/1


[734] The Consul General at London (Skinner) to the Secretary of State


[735] The Swedish Minister (Ekengren) to the Secretary of State

File No. 763.72112/617

  1. The date of receipt of this memorandum is apparently not correctly indicated, the earliest stamp feeing of January 14, 1915. Copies of the Swedish note to the belligerent governments, which it states “will later be transmitted,” were communicated by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to the American Minister in Sweden on November 14, 1914, and by the Swedish Minister to the Department of State on December 18.