File No. 704.0063/1b
The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in Austria-Hungary ( Penfield)
[Telegram]
Washington,
April 9, 1917, 11.30 a.m.
1646. Austro-Hungarian Chargé d’Affaires here has to-day requested his passports. In accordance with previous instructions, transfer American, British, and Japanese interests to Spanish Ambassador; Roumanian, French, and Italian interests to Swiss Minister.
Lansing