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

File No. 763.72/3422

The Ambassador in Spain ( Willard) to the Secretary of State

[Telegram]

Madrid, March 4, 1917, 5 p.m.
[Received 11 p.m.]

388. Department’s 303, March 3, 4 p.m. Minister of Foreign Affairs states there are no restrictions against entrance or departure from Spanish ports of merchant vessels armed for defense only and no intention to change such.

Willard