Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Address of the President to Congress December 5, 1916

File No. 812.113/3884a

The Secretary of State to Consul Simpich ²

[Telegram]

Department of State,
Washington, January 21, 1916.

Advise Department by telegraph, briefly and confidentially, from time to time, whether, in your judgment, permission for shipments of munitions of war for industrial purposes to points in your district should be withheld. Consideration should be given to the possibility of such supplies falling into the hands of persons who might make improper use of them.

Lansing

2. Same to American Consuls, Juarez, Hermosillo, Ensenada.