File No. 763.72/2638
The Ambassador in Austria-Hungary (Penfield) to the Secretary of State
[Telegram]
Vienna,
April 27, 1916, 6 p. m.
[Received April 28, 6 p. m.]
[Received April 28, 6 p. m.]
1242. Transacting business yesterday at Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Minister deliberately said: “I do not want you to go from Austria.” Many unofficial Austrians have expressed to me opinion that break with America would be madness.
Penfield