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File No. 763.72119/681a

The Acting Secretary of State to the Minister in Switzerland (Stovall)

[Telegram]
Washington, July 17, 1917, 4 p.m.

762. Please deliver the following cipher message to McNally:1

Department informed from reliable source that present conference between the Emperors of Germany and Austria-Hungary at Vienna is due to strong desire of Emperor of Austria-Hungary for peace on best terms obtainable, and that probably within one month propaganda will be launched in the United States to prepare the people for offer of inclusive peace from the enemy. Have you heard anything regarding this? If so, report fully by telegraph.

Polk
  1. James C. McNally, Vice Consul at Zürich.↩