File No. 811.731/145
The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in Great Britain ( Page )
[Telegram]
Washington
,
July 3, 1917, 8 p.m.
5087. Your 6540, June 26, 4 p.m.1 United States censors do not exercise jurisdiction over transatlantic cables originating in or addressed to points in continental United States, but do have jurisdiction over messages in transit through continental United States for transatlantic points. Messages with test word in transit through the United States to or from transatlantic points will not be censored as to test word qualifications by United States censors.
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