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Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, 1918, Supplement 1, The World War, Volume I

File No. 033.4120

The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in Great Britain ( Page )

[Telegram]
Washington , May 16, 1918, 4 p.m.

7761. Your 9684, April 24, 4 p.m.1 British Ambassador has given Department no information regarding mission. Cable Department nature of mission.

Lansing
  1. Ante, p. 685.↩

Supplement 1, The World War

  • Preface
  • List of Principal Persons
  • List of Papers
  • Part I: The Continuation and Conclusion of the War—Participation of the United States (Documents 1-926)
    • Latin America in Relation to the War (Documents 604-713)
      • Declaration of a state of war with Germany by Guatemala, April 21, Nicaragua, May 8, and Costa Rica, May 23—Conclusion of the contract for the chartering of German ships in Uruguayan ports, May 24—Renewal of discussions with Peru regarding German ships—Arrangements for a conference at Washington on the situation of Brazil—Arrangements for naval cooperation with Cuba (Documents 637-671)

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