The Secretary of State to the German Ambassador (Bernstorff)
Washington,
April 1916
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Excellency: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your excellency’s note of April 20, 1916, stating that your Government is willing to release 15,000 tons of dyestuffs for exportation to the United States.
This information has been carefully noted by the Department and I thank you therefor.
Accept [etc.]
Robert Lansing