File No. 763.72111/5035
The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in Chile ( Shea )
[Telegram]
Washington
,
May 24, 1917, 6 p.m.
Department’s May 18, 5 p.m. Your May 19, 5 p.m. Probably some of these vessels will be equipped with six-pounder guns as protection against possible submarine activities. Ascertain attitude of Chilean Government toward such vessels calling at Chilean ports for nitrates. Such vessels have not been regarded by the United States Government, when it was neutral, as properly subject to internment.
Lansing