File No. 763.72119/281
The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in Italy (Page)
[Telegram]
Washington,
December 29, 1916, 4 p. m.
690. Your 763, December 27, 9 p. m.1 Neither the President nor the Department consulted any other power or conferred with the representatives of any other country before sending the President’s note in Department’s circular of December 18.2 The matter was not mentioned in any discussion with representatives of Switzerland. You may state this to the Foreign Minister at an early opportunity.
Lansing