File No. 893.811/156.

The Acting Secretary of State to the American Red Cross.

Sirs: There is enclosed herewith, for your information and for whatever action you may deem appropriate, paraphrase of a telegram [Page 114] received to-day by the Department of State from the American Minister at Peking regarding the need for immediate relief work in the Huai River region.

I am [etc.]

Robert Lansing
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