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

File No. 763.72119/631

The Dutch-Scandinavian Socialist Committee (Branting, Chairman; Huysmans, Secretary) to President Wilson ²

[Telegram]

Stockholm, May 29, 1917, 5.47 p.m.

American delegates, conference Stockholm, wire passport refused. Our committee hope only misunderstanding, for conference convoked on principle laid down in your speech Senate. Definite refusal by American Republic would not be understood in democratic countries.

• Branting
• Huysmans

2. Copy received in the Department of State, June 2.