File No. 811.741/29
The Ambassador in Germany (Gerard) to the Secretary of State
Berlin, August 28, 1914.
[Received August 29, 7 p.m.]
[Telegram]
The Foreign Office requests that you will kindly transmit the following to the German Chargé d’Affaires at Washington:
The German Government is willing to accept the propositions concerning telegraphic communication, provided censorship applies equally to all belligerents.
Three copies of a cipher book to be used for wireless messages will be forwarded by messenger sailing from Rotterdam August 29. Meanwhile follow provisional arrangement mentioned in your telegram August 21, using cipher 5604.
Use of French or English cables out of the question, as messages would be held up by French and British Governments.