File No. 763.72114A/245
The Secretary of State to the Minister in Switzerland ( Stovall)
[Telegram]
Washington,
October 18, 1918, 4 p.m.
3147. For Garrett:
Your 17, October 14, 4 p.m. Departments of State and Justice approve your contemplated proposal regarding exchange of civilian prisoners, with the added proviso that German civilians shall be kept in quarantine for two months before leaving the United States. You should make it clear, however, that the United States Government does not obligate itself to permit the departure of any of the German subjects now interned in the United States.
Lansing