Office of the Historian

File No. 103.96/2602

The Ambassador in Spain ( Willard) to the Secretary of State 1

[Telegram]
Madrid, August 19, 1918, 10 a.m.

1692. For War Trade Board [from Smith]:

Your cable 1411, August 10. Am leaving for home today. Please notify Ward Line, New York. Full report to you in Washington necessary. No headway possible while Government and owners maintain present attitude. Smith.

Willard
  1. Copied from confirmation; original not received by wire.↩