Foreign Relations of the United States: The Lansing Papers, I, 144. President Woodrow Wilson to the Secretary of State, Mr. Robert Lansing. My dear Mr. Secretary: My opinion in this matter, compendiously stated, is that we should say that "Parties would take no action either for or against such a transaction," but that this should be orally conveyed, so far as we are concerned, and not put in writing. I hope this is also your own judgment of the matter.
Faithfully yours,
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