The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in Austria-Hungary (Penfield)
[Telegram]
Washington,
September 29, 1916, 6 p. m.
1375. Your 1464, September 27. Department suggests that, if the Austrian Government is desirous of accrediting an ambassador to the United States, an ambassador be appointed; whereupon the Department will take the necessary steps to secure for him a safe-conduct to the United States.
Lansing