Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, 1918, Supplement 2, The World War

File No. 763.72114/3174

The Ambassador in France ( Sharp) to the Secretary of State

[Telegram]

Paris, January 11, 1918, 3 p.m.
[Received January 12, 2.15 a.m.]

3020. Referring to previous communications regarding packages for prisoners of war. Foreign Office informs me that the German postal authorities have telegraphed to the Swiss Bureau that it raises no objections to the sending to prisoners of parcel-post packages from the United States through the French and Swiss posts. Foreign Office note adds that the necessary instructions have been given for the regular forwarding by the French postal authorities of parcel-post packages in question.

Sharp