The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in Germany (Gerard)
[Telegram]
Washington,
May 9, 1916, 4 p. m.
2988. Your 3844, May 4, 6 p. m. As I find no report in Department, please telegraph in full all details of incident, including whether notice to and permission of Foreign Office were in writing, what part of the Embassy force was working in the old British Consulate, whether any of them were there during the raid, whether papers seized have been returned, and what use was made of them, what was the object of the raid, and how the incident was closed.
Lansing