Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, 1917, Supplement 1, The World War

File No. 811.33/124

The Minister in Uruguay ( Jeffery) to the Secretary of State

[Telegram]

Montevideo, June 1, 1917, 4 p.m.
[Received 11.30 p.m.]

Uruguayan Minister for Foreign Affairs advises that if American Fleet, which is reported to be in South Atlantic, should call at port of Montevideo, it will be received as a friend and not as a belligerent by the Uruguayan Government.

Jeffery