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.
Lansing