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File No. 763.72112/9527

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

[Telegram]
Washington, August 17, 1918, 5 p.m.

839. From War Trade Board [for Sheldon]:

Replying to cables 744, 847 and 999.1

(1)
Regarding matter of remittances of funds to Roumania, War Trade Board concurs with attitude taken by Foreign Office.
(2)
With reference to the matter of drawing no distinction in future between occupied and unoccupied Roumania, War Trade Board concurs insofar as affects matters within its jurisdiction.
(3)
Regarding expression of Allied determination to secure revision of Roumanian-German treaty at peace congress, War Trade Board feels this is matter entirely within jurisdiction of the State Department and must be answered by that Department.
Lansing
  1. No. 744, ante, p. 779; Nos. 847 and 999 not printed.↩