File No. 165.102/167
The Ambassador in Germany (Gerard) to the Secretary of State
American Embassy,
Berlin, October 14, 1914, 1 p.m.
[Received October 15, 3 p.m.]
Berlin, October 14, 1914, 1 p.m.
[Received October 15, 3 p.m.]
[Telegram]
505. The German Government and exporters must have guarantee our Government that goods shipped on the Matanzas shall not be reexported. I have already suggested in cable of September 26 that Department of Commerce and Labor be charged with duty of seeing that none of goods are used except in the United States and Mexico. Guarantee of individuals and companies not sufficient.
Gerard