File No. 862.85/627a
The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in Spain ( Willard)
[Telegram]
Washington,
November 7, 1918, 4 p.m.
1782. Please ascertain and report by cable [details] of recent transfer of German vessels to Spanish Government. Department understands that this transfer is not absolute and that British Ambassador has informed Spanish Government that the vessels will be seized if found outside Spanish territorial waters.
Lansing