Office of the Historian

File No. 763.72113/435

The Secretary of State to the Chargé in Switzerland ( Wilson)

[Telegram]
Washington, January 28, 1918, 8 p.m.

1414. For Berlin:

Please report fully by cable as soon as possible on the status of American property in Germany as affected by official acts of the German Government since the existence of a state of war between the United States and Germany; particularly whether an alien property custodian has been appointed to take charge of and control American property. If so, please forward official regulations and ask German Government to furnish you at quarterly intervals, for transmission to the Department, detailed reports concerning the taking over of American property. Repeat mutatis mutandis to Vienna.

Lansing