Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Address of the President to Congress December 5, 1916

File No. 812.48/3241

The Secretary of State to Consul Guyant

[Telegram]

Department of State,
Washington, July 1, 1916.

You are authorized to arrange for feeding surplus refugees mentioned in your telegram yesterday. After detention period, deliver Porto Ricans to Immigration Station, where they will be held until they can be sent to Porto Rico.

Robert Lansing