Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, 1915, Supplement, The World War

File No. 704.6791/3

The Minister in Persia (Caldwell) to the Secretary of State

[Telegram]

Teheran, November 26, 1915, 3 p. m.
[Received November 28, 9.15 a. m.]

Turkish Ambassador has returned and resumed charge of Turkish Embassy. German Minister being yet in Persia with apparently no intention of leaving, I have to suggest that our flag and protection of this Government should be withdrawn from the German Legation until such a time as Russian forces actually enter Teheran, but that German subjects be allowed to remain here at the Legation of the United States. Instruct by cable.

Caldwell