The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in Great Britain (Page)
Sir: The Department has received your despatch No. 2708, of December 16, 1915, in which you enclose copy of a Foreign Office note requesting that inquiries be made of the German Government concerning the identity of one Lieutenant zur See Henry Koch, who recently escaped from internment at Norfolk.
In reply, you are informed that the Department has upon request given the description of Lieutenant Koch, escaped intern, to the British Ambassador here for purposes of identification. The Consul at Edinburgh should reply to the Lieutenant’s letter by stating that, in view of the breach of parole involved in his escape from internment, no representations will be made to the British Government looking to his return to the United States.
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