Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Address of the President to Congress December 4, 1917

File No. 837.00/1227

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American Legation,
Habana, March 16, 1917—1 a.m.

Your March 14, 6 p.m. The President has answered Montana asking object of formal armistice. He has no information as to need for formal declaration, but states a practical armistice already exists, as he is making no advance toward Guantanamo.

Gonzales