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Department of Justice Clerk Gauss sends William Loeb a copy of a translation of a cipher telegram the Attorney General’s office received from Examiner Billings F. Cash.
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1907-03-25
William Loeb asks Fred W. Carpenter to send an enclosed message via cipher-encoded telegram to chief engineer of the Panama Canal project John F. Stevens.
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1906-12-04
Senator Dixon provides a code for use with confidential telegrams sent to the offices of the National Roosevelt Committee.
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1912-03-12
Senator Bourne sends President Roosevelt a coded telegram on the status of the Republican National Convention. The translated message says that Bourne thinks that there is a great deal of bad blood at the convention, and says that if Taft is nominated, he will be defeated at the polls. He has been informed that Senator Henry Cabot Lodge has authorization from Roosevelt to state that Roosevelt will not accept the nomination under any circumstances, and will read a letter to that effect. There is still a chance that the convention will nominate Roosevelt.
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1908-06-16
Secretary of State Root sends President Roosevelt the details of his return to the United States in a cipher code. He expects to be at the Potomac River on September 30, and asks that either the Dolphin or the Sylph meet the USS Columbia at Piney Point that morning.
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1906-09
Secretary of State Root sends President Roosevelt a coded message in which he agrees to give a speech. He asks, however, that he have at least ten days to get familiar with the situation and into the spirit of the campaign, as his mind as well as his body have been in South America.
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1906-09
Assistant Secretary of State Adee explains an enclosed modified cipher to William Loeb. As the cipher will be used specifically for Russian and American diplomatic telegraphic correspondence, Adee requests that it be kept separate from the regular cipher.
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1905-12-16
William Loeb asks Rudolph Forster to repeat his previous telegram as Loeb has no cipher with him to decrypt it.
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1905-10-26
Herbert H. D. Peirce received President Roosevelt’s telegram in mutilated form and requests another transmission before giving it to Baron Rosen to share with Czar Nicholas II.
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1905-08-24
George von Lengerke Meyer sends a telegram and confirmation that Czar Nicholas II is away for the day, but will meet with Count Lamzdorf upon his return.
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1905-08-22
Assistant Secretary of State Loomis attaches a telegram from St. Petersburg for President Roosevelt’s information.
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1905-06-03
Alexander Lambert reports that while President Roosevelt suffered from two slight bouts of Cuban fever (a variety of malaria) he is fine and continues to hunt. Telegram also includes hand-written message with associated telegraph cipher codes.
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1905-05-02
Ambassador Meyer writes to President Roosevelt regarding his dinner meeting with English Ambassador Egerton and Egerton’s words about the Russian loan. Meyer then mentions his discussion with the King who anticipates Meyer’s move to Saint Petersburg, Russia. The King foresees Russian conflict over China, shares his bad experience involving his tampered letters in Russia, and describes a case in Saint Petersburg involving an Italian Embassy official being bribed by someone seeking to crack the telegraph code.
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1905-02-14
Secretary of War Root provides an update on the progress of Captain John J. Pershing’s exploration around the coast of Lake Lanao and the combat with the Moros. The telegram is in two forms, deciphered and in cipher.
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1903-04-11
Lord Lansdowne has requested an answer from Canadian Prime Minister Wilfred Laurier regarding the International Waterways Commission. There has been a delay because of a desire to consult the Canadian cabinet. There is no anticipation of rejection on the part of Britain. Ambassador Choate is leaving the next day after this cipher telegram.
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1902-12-05
Governor Taft provides his favorable opinion for the judicial appointment of an unnamed individual, in spite if this individual’s being a “free trade democrat, of gold Cleveland type”. Taft also mentions this individual’s corporate experience, although he does not see this as an impediment. The candidate is an imperialist.
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1902-11-09
Governor Taft begins with questions about what should be done in a libel case between Francis B. Loomis and Herbert W. Bowen. He then delves into foreign policy, particularly a dispute between President Castro of Venezuela and an American asphalt company. Taft believes a war with Venezuela can and should be avoided, at least until Congressional approval. Taft would like to send William W. Russell to Venezuela, presumably in a diplomatic capacity. (Description from deciphered transcript.)
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1902-04-27