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

File No. 165.102/274

The Ambassador Germany (Gerard) to the Secretary of state

American Embassy,
Berlin, November 29, 1914, 1 p.m.
[Received November 30, 10:30 p.m.]

[Telegram]

950. Hear rumors that the German Government, displeased by the sale of American war materials to England and France, may place difficulties in the. way of exportation of dyestuffs, etc. Under the circumstances information for communication to the German Government concerning shipments of cotton in addition to those mentioned in Department’s 650, November 1.6, 8 p.m.,¹ would doubtless prove useful in helping to insure permission for comtinued exportation dyestuffs, etc.

Gerard

1. Not printed.