File No. 701.4162/5a
The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in Great Britain ( Page )
[Telegram]
Washington
,
February 3, 1917, 2 p.m.
4385. German Ambassador here, together with his staff, will be handed passport at 2 p.m. to-day. In accordance with the desire of the British Government expressed last April, the American Ambassador at Berlin has been instructed to turn over British interests in Germany to Dutch Minister there.
Lansing