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

File No. 811.142/283

The Special Agent in France (Garrett) to the Secretary of State

Bordeaux, September 7, 1914, 6 p.m.
[Received September 8, 10 a.m.]

[Telegram]

Foreign Office informs me that instructions have been sent French Consul General, New York, to issue safe-conduct papers to Red Cross ship. Foreign Office states ship must come only to Brest and that she must not have on board in any capacity any Germans who are or were officers or official.

Garrett