File No. 763.72112/3505
The Secretary of State to the Chargé in the Netherlands ( Langhorne)
[Telegram]
Washington,
April 23, 1917, 5 p.m.
488. Department unprepared at present to make any announcement regarding a black-list measure but it is expected that a harmonious understanding will be had with British Government about the general question at an early date. Any measure dealing with subject must necessarily be enacted by Congress.
Lansing