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

File No. 763.72115/3237

The Minister in China ( Reinsch) to the Secretary of State

[Telegram]

Peking, December 27, 1917, 11 p.m.
[Received December 28, 10.34 a.m.]

British and other Allied representatives will propose deportation of all enemy subjects on the ground that this measure alone will adequately safeguard Allied interests. May I support this action?

Reinsch