File No. 811.741/19
The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in Germany ( Gerard )
Washington , August 21, 1914, 12 noon.
[Telegram]
The German Chargé d’Affaires would be very much obliged, if the following message could be transmitted to the Foreign Office in Berlin through his excellency the American Ambassador:
While the United States Government has under consideration the subject of wireless and cable messages, and until a decision is reached covering the matter, messages may be sent from the wireless station at Sayville on the following conditions:
- 1.
- Plain messages of neutral character may be sent at the usual rates for private parties and for governments represented here.
- 2.
- Cipher messages may be sent for both private parties and governments represented here, when the contents of such messages are made known, in confidence, to an American official designated for the purpose. Please wire if approved by Imperial Government.
August 21, 1914 .
We have under consideration the issuing of the above order.
Bryan