File No. 705.6358/2

The Secretary of State to the Swedish Minister ( Ekengren )

No. 225

Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your note No. 128, of May 12, 1917, enclosing a memorandum, indicating the Swedish consulates in the United States which have been instructed to act in Austro-Hungarian matters.1

In reply I have the honor to suggest that Swedish consuls in the United States be instructed to defer accepting money for Austrian and Hungarian subjects in inheritance cases, etc., inasmuch as it is possible that the general subject may be taken up in war legislation before the present Congress. Pending the result of such legislation, I would prefer, at this time, not to give a definite expression of opinion regarding the matter.

Accept [etc.]

Robert Lansing
  1. Not printed.