Kally to Kasson, February 7, 1880

The Vienna Foreign Office to Mr. Kasson.

The imperial and royal minister for foreign affairs has not omitted to communicate to the competent ministries the contents of the esteemed note which the envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary of the United States of America, Mr. John A. Kasson, had the goodness to transmit, under the date of September 3, of last year, and to submit to them for such proceedings as under the laws of the country might be prosecuted against the attempts at recruiting by agents sent by the sect of Mormons. In pursuance of this, the proper authorities of the country have been instructed to watch strictly over the eventual appearance of such agents, and to bring immediately every apparent case to the knowledge of the higher magistracy.

According to the reports now before us, only a single case has been stated up to this time. It has been notified to the imperial and royal governor of Carinthia that there appeared about two months ago a Mormon agent in an inn in Olsach, district Spittal, in Carinthia, who, after his efforts proved fruitless, immediately disappeared, without their subsequently coming upon his track.

The undersigned reserves to himself the communication to the envoy of any new occurrences of this class which may come eventually to his knowledge, and avails himself of this occasion to renew to the envoy the expression of his distinguished consideration.