File No. 763.72/8101a
The Secretary of State to the Diplomatic Officers in All Countries except Spain
[Circular telegram]
Washington
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December 11, 1917
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Supplementing Department’s circular 7th.2 Inform Foreign Office that, “The United States Congress has passed a resolution, approved by the President December 7, declaring that a state of war exists between the Austro-Hungarian Government and the people of the United States.”
Lansing