File No. 657.119/387b
The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in Great Britain ( Page )
[Telegram]
Washington
,
April 1, 1918
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7103. For Sheldon [from War Trade Board]:
No. 279. Repeat to Schmedeman:
The following memorandum represents the present status of our negotiations with Doctor Nansen. It contains some matters still under discussion but Doctor Nansen believes that if it is given to his Government in order that they may cable him their comments time will be saved in reaching a final conclusion.
[Here follows text of the draft agreement.1]
Lansing
- Generally identical with the final text printed, post, p. 1170, except for certain alterations made in consequence of the Norwegian negotiator’s letter of Apr. 12, post, p. 1155. Passages of the draft which were radically altered in the final text are printed as footnotes to the pertinent portions of that letter.↩