File No. 763.72119/92a
The Secretary of State to the Minister in Denmark (Egan)1
Department advised that Mrs. Schwimmer has telegraphed you that the Ford peace party intends leaving on December 4 on the Scandinavian-American Line for Christiania, thence proceeding to Stockholm and Copenhagen, and that you have been asked to ascertain whether the Government of Denmark would welcome the meeting of the unofficial permanent committee in Copenhagen to meet a number of authorities of European countries for the purpose of interesting them in mediation in the present war. This peace movement is without the Department’s sanction and the Government assumes no responsibility for any activities or negotiations on the part of those engaged in it, and you will informally notify Danish Government to that effect. You should take no action on Mrs. Schwimmer’s telegram without instructions from the Department and should refer her to Department.
- The same to the Ministers in Norway, Sweden, and the Netherlands for their information.↩