Office of the Historian

File No. 868.00/116

The Minister in Greece ( Droppers) to the Secretary of State

[Telegram]
Athens, June 12, 1917, 11 a.m.
[Received 12 p.m.]

352. King has abdicated. Ultimatum gives him 48 hours to go. His second son, Alexander, to be proclaimed King. Crown Prince who was abler but entertained Germanophile opinions has renounced rights of succession to the throne. Order prevailed during night but confidence not yet restored. Ex-Monarch going to England, he would have preferred Switzerland.

Droppers