File No. 763.72/7117
The Minister in Uruguay ( Jeffery) to the Secretary of State
[Telegram]
Montevideo,
October 4, 1917, noon.
[Received 5.55 p.m.]
[Received 5.55 p.m.]
If diplomatic situation adjusts itself here, I am thinking suggesting to this Government that the American squadron now in Bio de Janeiro be moved temporarily to this port. I believe this course will be appreciated in River Plate. Awaiting instructions.
Jeffery