Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, 1914, Supplement, The World War

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

Department of State,
Washington , September 30, 1914.

[Telegram]

297. Department is informed that you have been sending information regarding repatriation of British subjects in Germany direct to the mayors of Folkestone, Harwich, and London. Hereafter you should send all communications intended for any Department of the British Government only through the American Embassy in London. No communication of any information of any kind whatsoever should be made to another country except through the American Ambassador or Minister accredited to that country.

Bryan