The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in Great Britain (Page)
Sir: The Department has received your despatch No. 1223, of April 14, concerning the presentation of stopped cablegrams to the Foreign Office in connection with the discussion relative to the cable censorship situation.
In reply you are informed that the Department believes that for the present, at least, you should present to the Foreign Office all stopped messages sent to you, requesting, that it be so kind as to furnish you with reasons in each case as to why the message was not forwarded.
The Department is sending to you only such messages as appear to be strictly of a nature that should not have been stopped by the censors, according to the understanding had with you by the British Government, and is most careful to discourage the sending of cablegrams that in its judgment would not be passed by the Britishcensors.
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