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

File No. 763.72/3433

The Minister in Norway ( Schmedeman) to the Secretary of State

[Telegram]

Christiania, March 6, 1917, 2 p.m.
[Received midnight.]

132. Department’s telegram No. 86, March 3, 4 p.m. The Minister for Foreign Affairs informs me that the Norwegian Government does not object to merchant vessels armed defensively entering and leaving Norwegian ports, but that such vessels are subject to examination by naval authorities.

Schmedeman