File No. 862.20261/28
The Secretary of State to the Consul at Tiflis ( Smith)
No. 106
Washington,
November 12, 1917.
Sir: The Department acknowledges the receipt of your despatch of October 4, 1917, No. 66,1 on the subject of propaganda among the Kurdish tribes. As the purpose of your suggestion appears to be the organization of an uprising against the Turks, with whose Government the United States is not at war, it is not possible for the Department to approve the interesting plan which you suggest.
I am [etc.]
For the Secretary of State:
Wilbur J. Carr