Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Address of the President to Congress December 4, 1917

File No. 837.00/1395

Minister Gonzales to the Secretary of State

[Telegram—Extract]

American Legation,
Habana, July 14, 1917, 10 p.m.

Your July 12, 7 p.m. received midnight July 13. Saw President at his country place today and presented matter. He gives his cordial approval.

The President also authorized me to offer United States sites for training camps in other parts of Cuba if it should be considered desirable to send troops to train in mild winter climate.

Gonzales