File No. 763.72/2311
The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in Germany ( Gerard )
[Telegram]
Washington
,
December 20, 1915.
2518. Your 3238, December 18, 2 p. m. German Ambassador here has been granted the privilege of communicating with his Foreign Office through the Department in cipher concerning Lusitania. Question of further privileges will be handled with German and Austrian Embassies here.
Lansing