Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Address of the President to Congress December 4, 1917

File No. 837.00/1106b

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Department of State,
Washington, February 18, 1917—8 p.m.

Commander U. S. S. Petrel informed Navy Department that revolutionists are prepared to set fire to Santiago and to dynamite public property should they be compelled to retire from city in event of bombardment and landing of troops by Cuban Government. You are instructed to so inform Government of Cuba.

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