Office of the Historian

File No. 367.11/171

The Ambassador in Turkey (Morgenthau) to the Secretary of State

American Embassy,
Constantinople, August 11, 1914, 12 midnight.
[Received August 16, 8:20 p.m.]

[Telegram]

Consul Jackson telegraphs to-day that owing to critical situation and financial crisis fears exist for public safety and for the preservation of American lives and interests and also as an act of humanity American ships should be sent to Syrian ports.

Morgenthau