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

File No. 763.72/6958

The Chargé in Costa Rica ( Johnson) to the Secretary of State

[Telegram]

San José, September 22, 1917, 8 a.m.
[Received 1.45 p.m.]

By Executive decree issued late last night, published to-day, diplomatic relations with Germany are severed. Germans are promised continued freedom during good behavior. German Chargé d’Affaires to remain here until passports secured for him.

Johnson