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File No. 811.142/1460

The Acting Secretary of State to the Ambassador in France ( Sharp )1

[Telegram]
Washington , March 14, 1916, 4 p. m.

1422. Ascertain whether Government to which you are accredited will permit landing medical supplies for Jewish hospitals in Jerusalem by United States naval collier at Jaffa. Turkish Government consents on condition no member of crew goes ashore and no one from shore goes on board collier.

Polk
  1. The same to the Ambassador in Great Britain, No. 3036.↩