File No. 841.711/266
The Ambassador in Great Britain (Page) to the Secretary of State
[Received 11 p. m.]
3832. Your 2904, February 19. Sir Edward Grey informs me that the British answer to your protest of January 4 against removal and detention of mails is ready and be delivered as soon as the French answer is received, which he expects now any day. I did not mention Van Dyke’s informal notice because an earlier private conversation with an official of the Foreign Office had brought out the fact that the British authorities in the United Kingdom are not warranted in receiving communications from our representatives to other governments. The Rotterdam incident of January 16 will be covered by the forthcoming note.