Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, 1916, Supplement, The World War

File No. 763.72111So4/71

The French Ambassador (Jusserand) to the Secretary of State

Washington, December 30, 1915 .
[Received January 3, 1916.]

Dear Mr. Secretary: The information mentioned in your letter of the 28th concerning Mr. Thaw, Mr. Cowdin and Mr. Prince was known to me, but, as you surmised, only from the papers. I cabled at once to my Government making them aware of your request.

From what I hear, and this I have from quite trustworthy authority, the motive of their coming, for the briefest stay in the United States, was a desire to see their relatives in this season, and they had no other.

Believe me [etc.]

Jusserand