Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, 1917, Supplement 2, The World War, Volume II

File No. 763.72111Sp1/32

The Ambassador in Spain ( Willard) to the Secretary of State

[Telegram]

Madrid, October 22, 1917, 5 p.m.
[Received October 23, 6.50 a.m.]

836. Department’s 718, October 20, 4 p.m.¹ Spanish Government has of its own accord taken action suggested by Department. Officers and crew of German submarine B–23 which entered Corunna in July have just been sent to Alcala de Henares, a few miles from Madrid for internment. Submarine remains under Spanish surveillance at Ferrol.

Willard

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