Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, 1917, Supplement 1, The World War

File No. 763.72/6396

The Minister in China ( Reinsch) to the Secretary of State

[Telegram]

Peking, August 11, 1917, 11 p.m.
[Received August 12, 11.45 a.m.]

The action suggested in my telegram of August 9, 4 [8] p.m., would accord with expectations of China to complete our original invitation to sever diplomatic relations with Germany.

Reinsch