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File No. 867.4016/342

The Secretary of State to the Consul at Alexandria ( Garrels )

[Telegram]
Washington , June 21, 1917, 4 p.m.

For Philip:1

In an effort to ameliorate the Jewish conditions in Palestine the President has sent abroad former Ambassador Henry Morgenthau and Prof. Felix Frankfurter of the Harvard Law School. Mr. Morgenthau will reach Egypt in July, and has asked that you remain to consult with him. Department would be glad to have you assist Mr. Morgenthau in every way.

Lansing
  1. Hoffman Philip, Counselor of the Embassy at Constantinople.↩