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File No. 656.119/261

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

[Telegram]
Washington , March 29, 1918, 6 p.m.

7073. For Sheldon [from War Trade Board]:

No. 260. Your 347, Embassy’s 9240, March 27, 6 p.m. Borneo and Cornelis were requisitioned without due consideration having been given to their being in Panama Canal. We thought it wiser to release them later.

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