Office of the Historian

File No. 763.72/2429

The Ambassador in Germany (Gerard) to the Secretary of State

[Telegram]
Berlin, February 25, 1916, 11 a. m.
[Received February 26, 2.10 p. m.]

3528. Learn on good authority that Foreign Office here was informed that Baron Zwiedinek, Austro-Hungarian Chargé d’Affaires, had cabled his Government prior to issue of German memorandum about armed merchant vessels that you personally had informed him that declaration of that nature from Central powers would be welcomed by you.

Gerard