File No. 763.72115/2669
The Chargé in Germany (Grew) to the Secretary of State
[Received December 21, 5 p. m.]
4756. Referring my 4719, December 11, 6 p. m. Following note received from Foreign Office dated December 18:
The Foreign Office has the honor to inform the Embassy of the United States of America with reference to the memorandum regarding the deportation of Belgian workmen to Germany, that owing to a number of complaints which have been raised by Belgian workmen on account of their transportation to Germany, 326 of such workmen have up to the present been sent back to Belgium as not coming under the rules of the order of the Governor General in Belgium, dated May 15, 1916. The remainder of the complaints shall be investigated with all possible expedition.