Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, Transmitted to Congress with the Annual Message of the President, December 5, 1870

No. 81.

[By cable.]

Mr. E. B. Washburne to Mr. Fish.

Paris, September 12, 1870. (Received September 12, 1870.)

Government requests me to use my good offices, unofficially, and simply as a citizen, to hold intercourse with Prussian government. Have declined until I can hear from you. Immediate answer important.

WASHBURNE.