Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, 1917, Supplement 2, The World War, Volume I

Food Administrator’s File

The Food Administration Representative at London (Sheldon) to the Food Administrator (Hoover)

[Telegram—Extract]

London, September 5, 1917.

… Yours of 1st on sugar was answered on 3d through British Embassy as follows:

Sugar Commission¹ will approach Canada as proposed. Agrees as to purchase balance Cuban crop. Agrees also as to future American purchases through New York committee constituted as proposed. Selection of our nominees will need consideration. …

Sheldon

1. The Royal Commission on Sugar Supplies, commonly called the Sugar Commission, was created Aug. 20, 1914. It made purchases also for France and Italy.