Office of the Historian

File No. 138.4/22

The Ambassador in France (Herrick) to the Secretary of State

American Embassy,
Paris, undated.
[Received August 11, 1914, 7:30 p.m.]

[Telegram]

Earnestly request immediate instructions concerning granting individuals holding first papers certificate of identity to secure temporary permis de sejour pending opportunity to return to United States.

[File copy not signed]

The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in France (Herrick)

[Telegram]

Department of State,
Washington , August 12, 1914.

Certificates of identity may be issued to persons holding first papers, provided seven years have not elapsed and residence of a permanent nature has not been acquired abroad since they were obtained. Inform Consulate General.

Bryan