124.62/63a: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Commission to Negotiate Peace
3374. Confidential for Polk.
Department and the British Embassy here have recently agreed through an exchange of notes9 to open diplomatic intercourse at Berlin when the moment arrives through Chargé d’Affaires [sic] rather than by the immediate appointment of Ambassadors. I cannot think of any one in the service more suitable to act for us in this capacity than Ellis Dresel. If you agree, will you sound him on your own initiative and not at the Department’s suggestion as to whether such a detail would be acceptable?
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