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File No. 763.72119/1192a

The Acting Secretary of State to the Minister in the Netherlands ( Garrett)1

[Telegram]
Washington, January 25, 1918, 7 p.m.

949. Cable at earliest possible moment comments of German Socialist papers on Hertling’s address. Also comments of leading Liberal organs, such as Frankfurter Zeitung, Berliner Tageblatt, Hamburger Fremdenblatt, Münchner Neueste Nachrichten. Cable comments of individual papers as soon as received, without waiting to present full summary. Also, if possible, obtain statement from person mentioned in your cable No. 1880 of January 132 on Hertling’s address.

Polk
  1. Similar telegram, on the same date, to the Minister in Switzerland, No. 1401 (File No. 763.72119/1192b).↩
  2. Ante, p. 26.↩