Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, 1914, Supplement, The World War

File No. 862.711/1

The Ambassador in Germany (Gerard) to the Secretary of State

American Embassy,
Berlin, November 13, 1914.
[Received November 15, 6 p.m.]

[Telegram]

837. Present regulations in Germany require consular officers of neutral States to leave unsealed their correspondence to foreign countries, including communications to their Governments. Have called attention of American consular officers in Germany to Department’s pouch service regulations providing that official correspondence may be sent in Embassy pouches.

Gerard