File No. 867.4016/102
The Ambassador in Turkey (Morgenthau) to the Secretary of State
[Telegram]
Constantinople,
August 22, 1915, 11 a. m.
[Received August 25, 8.15 a. m.]
[Received August 25, 8.15 a. m.]
959. My 936. I have been informed that British and French who are forced to leave Turkey are permitted to land at Crete. Have requested Schofield to promptly transport them. Inform British and French.
Morgenthau
[For an account of the services rendered by American cruisers in transporting Italian nationals from Turkish ports, see despatch No. 374, July 27, 1915, received August 25, from the Ambassador in Turkey, above, page 955.]