File No. 763.72112/2385
The Commercial Adviser of the British Embassy (Crawford) to the Counselor for the Department of State (Polk)
[Received March 27.]
Dear Mr. Polk: With reference to our conversation of yesterday on the subject of the arrangements made for the issue of permits to bring out from neutral ports goods originating in countries at war with Great Britain, I now write to say that we are proceeding with the 56 applications presented to this Embassy after November 1.
At the same time, in connection with this matter, we are advising the Foreign Office that we have reminded the State Department that in no circumstances will the British Government extend the date before which goods must have been genuinely ordered beyond March 1, 1915; and further, that we have intimated to you that no applications for permits can be entertained by this Embassy relating to cases in which the goods were ordered subsequently to March 1, 1915, and that we cannot support any representations that may be made for any extension beyond that date.
Very truly yours,