Office of the Historian

862.73/21a: Telegram

The Acting Secretary of State to the Commissioner at Berlin (Dresel)

Washington, October 25, 1920—1 p.m.

1610. For Stewart.16 Endeavor to ascertain and cable immediately whether channel section of German Atlantic Cable number 1 which was laid from Emden to New York via Azores in 1900 has been run from Emden into any British or other port and if so whether now in operation. Also endeavor secure same information concerning cable number 2 laid in 1904.

Ascertain total number of submarine conductors now operating between England and Germany.

Davis
  1. Francis R. Stewart, Consul on detail at Hamburg.↩