File No. 763.72/3759
The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in Turkey ( Elkus )
3495. Morgenthau 2 called here yesterday and thought it desirable that you personally have a private interview with Enver and remind him of the cordial feelings the United States entertains for Turkey, and make strong representations of the advantages to Turkey in maintaining friendly relations with this country, and intimate to him that owing to the United States entering into the war the chances of an early peace are greatly improved and the likelihood of German success vastly diminished, and that therefore Turkey should not sever her friendly relations with the United States.
- Henry Morgenthau, former Ambassador in Turkey; retired July, 1916.↩