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File No. 855.48/36

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

American Embassy,
Paris, November 11, 1914.
[Received 5:40 p.m.]

[Telegram]

267. Your 253, 10th. Foreign Office states that instructions have already been sent French Minister at The Hague to offer no objection to transit of foodstuffs through the Netherlands from United States destined to Belgium. At Embassy’s request Foreign Office stated it would repeat instructions to Minister at The Hague.

Herrick