File No. 763.72/7080
The Secretary of State to the Minister in China ( Reinsch )
[Telegram]
Washington
,
October 4, 1917, 7 p.m.
Your October 2, 1 p.m. Please verify your statement that expense of complete programme would be $2,000,000 Mexican.2 The matter is having careful consideration by this and other departments concerned. It must be understood, however, that any assistance by the United States will be given only after consultation and agreement with co-belligerents and where possible with their cooperation.
Lansing
- See footnote 1, supra.↩