File No. 701.6211/450
The Secretary of State to the Swiss Chargé ( Hübscher)
The Secretary of State presents his compliments to the Chargé d’Affaires ad interim of Switzerland, in charge of German interests in the United States, and referring to the memorandum of the [Page 618] Swiss Legation dated April 25, 1918, has the honor to say that the proposal made that the Spanish Vice Consul at Panama, in charge of German interests in the Republic of Panama, shall also be allowed to assume protection of German interests in the Canal Zone is agreeable to the Government of the United States.