File No. 763.72111M72/–
The Acting Secretary of State to the Ambassador in Spain ( Willard)
[Telegram]
Washington,
March 24, 1917, 6 p.m.
349. For Berlin. It is reported that the German auxiliary cruiser Moewe has returned to Germany with 592 prisoners taken from ships sunk by that vessel. Please ascertain from German Government whether there are any American citizens among these prisoners and, if so, facilitate their immediate departure from Germany.
Polk