File No. 763.72/3676

The Ambassador in Great Britain ( Page) to the Secretary of State

[Telegram]

5945. Colonel Lassiter requests following may be transmitted to Kuhn, War College:

Interview with Chief, General Staff, offered send mission of selected officers to America to help start training and organize censorship; thought our troops should be trained at home and not hurried to France before being trained; shipping now urgently needed for food and munitions; our aviators and mechanics would be very helpful in France; said we could get such things as howitzers and aeroplane designs as soon as we are desirous enter the war. Lassiter.

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