File No. 841.731/396

The Ambassador in Great Britain ( Page ) to the Secretary of State

No. 904]

Sir: I have the honor to report that Sir Edward Grey has informed me that the search which the censors are making to ascertain the reasons for stopping commercial telegrams brings this result, [Page 710] viz., that of 60 or 70 telegrams emanating from the United States and dated in November or December, they find that only 3 were stopped by the British censors.

I have [etc.]

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