File No. 763.72115/2738b
The Secretary of State to the Minister in Belgium ( Whitlock)
[Telegram]
Washington,
December 29, 1916, 3 p.m.
243. Please report by cable situation regarding Belgian deportations, whether the deportations are continuing, and if not, what [Page 665] percentage of those who have been deported are being returned to Belgium. Interest in this whole subject is increasing in the United States.
Lansing