File No. 165.102/696a
The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in Great Britain (Page)
[Telegram]
Washington,
December 8, 1915, 5 p. m.
2533. We are informed that Charles H. Burr seeks to have Republic Trading Corporation substituted for William A. Mitchell in connection with British consent to safe passage German dyestuffs. Please assist Burr to accomplish this and informally draw attention of British authorities to pressing need of American industries for dyestuffs.
Lansing