Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Annual Message of the President Transmitted to Congress December 7, 1909

File No. 18150.

The Secretary of State to the Turkish Ambassador.

Department of State,
Washington, February 20, 1909.

Excellency: I have the honor to transmit herewith a copy of a letter¹ from Mr. Joseph Boyajian, a naturalized American citizen of Ottoman nativity, stating that the Turkish consul general at New York declines to sign his passport. A copy of Mr. Boyajian’s application for a passport is also inclosed.

The department would be glad to learn that Mr. Boyajian’s passport could be viséd, and will esteem it a favor if you will inform it whether anything can be done toward bringing this about.

Accept, etc.,

Robert Bacon.

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