File No. 763.72112/8091
The Acting Secretary of State to the Secretary of the Navy ( Daniels)
Sir: I have the honor to enclose, for your consideration, a copy of a note from the British Ambassador,1 in which, by instruction of his Government, he announces that it proposes, on the advice of the War Trade Advisory Committee, to make certain additions to the list of British absolute contraband, and inquires whether this Government would be prepared to concur in these proposed modifications.
This Department would like, if possible, to say in reply that the articles proposed to be added to the British contraband list are included in the list issued in the Navy regulations of June, 1917. This Department would, therefore, be glad to have your comments on this note in general and with particular reference to the existing contraband list as set forth in the Navy regulations mentioned.
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