File No. 867.48/312
The Acting Secretary of State to the Chargé in Turkey (Philip)
[Telegram]
Washington,
July 7, 1916, 2 p. m.
2814. Department’s 2784, June 24, 5 p. m. Again inform Turkish Government of the great sympathy which the citizens of the United States feel for the destitute in Syria, and add that a refusal of the Turkish Government to give friendly consideration to this Government’s suggestion regarding relief supplies for Syria will not be understood in this country and might seriously affect in the future the sentiments here toward the Turkish Government and Turkish people.
Polk