File No. 811.203/73
The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in Great Britain ( Davis)
[Telegram]
Washington,
January 30, 1920, 5 p.m.
88. Your 23, January 6, noon.
War and Navy Departments state that inasmuch as American forces have now been withdrawn from British territory, there is no longer any necessity for consummation of such an arrangement.
Communicate foregoing to Foreign Office, and state that this Government acquiesces in the abandonment of the project.
Lansing