File No. 341.622a/143
The Ambassador in Great Britain (Page) to the Secretary of State
[Received 4.30 p. m.]
4384. Upon receipt of your 3264, May 1, 6 p. m.,2 I made immediate inquiry of the British Government as to whether they were in possession of information which would conclusively show that Leiztritz was incorporated in the armed forces of Germany and have just received a reply from Sir Edward Grey to the effect that “I have the honor to inform your excellency, after inquiry in the proper quarter, that Leiztritz confessed to being a sublieutenant in the German Naval Reserve. He admitted that he had signed on as a seaman on the Ausable under a false name and with false Norwegian papers.” In view of the foregoing shall await further instructions.