File No. 763.72114/2988
The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in Great Britain ( Page)
[Telegram]
Washington,
October 29, 1917, 12
noon.
5677. The following, strictly confidential, received from Copenhagen today:
[Here follows text of telegram No. 1482 of October 25, supra.]
Please take up matter with Minister of Foreign Affairs orally and ascertain his views. Also what steps, if any, British Government contemplates taking. Similar instructions telegraphed Ambassador at Paris.2 Text furnished Petrograd3 to report as to authenticity without making any representations whatever.
Lansing