File No. 841.3319/2
The Counselor for the Department of State ( Polk) to the Minister in Panama ( Price)
No. 457
Washington,
December 22, 1917.
Sir: The Department acknowledges the receipt of your No. 1697 of November 28, 1917, marked confidential, enclosing a copy of the note addressed by the British Minister at Panama to the Secretary of Foreign Affairs of Panama, requesting that the Government of Panama permit British warships to remain in the neighborhood of Taboga Island in the Bay of Panama for longer periods than 24 hours.
The action taken by you in this matter is approved.
I am [etc.]
Frank L. Polk