File No. 763.72111/4288
The Ambassador in Chile (Shea) to the Secretary of State
[Telegram]
Santiago,
November 29, 1916, 5 p. m.
[Received 7.25 p. m.]
[Received 7.25 p. m.]
Your November 20, 4 p. m. Minister for Foreign Affairs submits the following statement dated 28th:
In deference to the friendly request of the Government of the United States, the Government of Chile, which has always zealously complied with the duties imposed by neutrality, has no objection in declaring through the medium of its Ministry for Foreign Affairs that the submarines in question are for the use of Chile and will not be transferred to any of the belligerents during present war.
Shea