File No. 641.326
The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in Great Britain ( Page)
[Telegram]
Washington,
June 6, 1917, 4 p.m.
4939. Following received from Embassy, Rio de Janeiro:
[Here follows the text of telegram of June 2, noon, printed on page 294.]
Present this matter informally to British Foreign Office and state the Government of the United States would be gratified if British Government could modify its prohibition on the importation of coffee in favor of Brazil.
Lansing