The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in Great Britain ( Page )
[Telegram]
Washington
,
March 6, 1916, 7 p. m.
3006. Your 3896 of March 1. Again unofficially request Foreign Office to grant cyanide permit which has already been paid for and therefore involves no transfer of money to Germany. Appeals are being received from textile manufacturers in all sections of the country for bleaching materials made from cyanide in which Roessler and Hasslacher have monopoly. The matter is very urgent and refusal would have serious consequences. Reply immediately.
Lansing