Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, 1917, Supplement 1, The World War

File No. 763.72/5336

The Minister in Uruguay ( Jeffery) to the Secretary of State

[Telegram]

Montevideo, June 15, 1917, 6 p.m.
[Received June 16, 2 a.m.]

Uruguayan Minister for Foreign Affairs authorizes me to say to Department of State that all ships of the American Navy, of any kind whatsoever, may now and henceforth visit the ports of Uruguay, for any purpose whatsoever, where they will be received as friend, and not as belligerent, and without restrictions.

Jeffery