File No. 811.142/1294b

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

[Telegram]

1710. Instruct Des Moines to be at Piraeus February 6 to transport American Red Cross special agent and seven other Americans, including three to five ladies, together with shipment of hospital and relief supplies, to Beirut, and obtain permission Turkish Government for ship to enter latter port.

Lansing