File No. 701.6211/333
The German Ambassador (Bernstorff) to the Secretary of State
Mr. Secretary of State: In reply to your note No. 1686 of the 4th of this month, I have the honor to inform your excellency that His Majesty the Emperor and King has been most graciously pleased to recall the naval attaché of the Imperial Embassy, Captain Boy-Ed, and the military attaché, Captain von Papen.
I am instructed to beg your excellency to obtain for the above-named gentlemen and their servants, Gustav Winkow and Otto Mahlow, a safe-conduct for the return trip to Germany from the powers at war with the German Empire, and also to insure the trip of the successors of those gentlemen to the United States in the event of their being appointed by His Majesty.
Accept [etc.]