Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, 1917, Supplement 1, The World War

File No. 763.72119/481

The Ambassador in Argentina ( Stimson) to the Secretary of State

[Telegram]

Buenos Aires, February 27, 1917, 11 a.m.
[Received 1.40 p.m.]

Mediation by Latin-American powers suggested now that United States has broken off diplomatic relations with Germany. La Nación opposes it and hints at German influence. Argentine initiative asserted.

Stimson