File No. 861.00/1120
The British Embassy to the Department of State
Memorandum
A report has been received by His Majesty’s Government from the British military agent in the Caucasus to the effect that three American citizens were recently in Tiflis who proposed to subsidize Georgia with a view to a declaration of autonomy.
The British Embassy are instructed to enquire whether the Department of State have any information in regard to this report. They are to point out that, while American assistance in the Caucasus would be welcomed, independent action by private individuals must cause inconvenience to the official British mission, and they are to express the hope that the Department of State will concur in this view and will instruct the United States Consul at Tiflis that no separate action should be taken without full consultation with the British mission and in consultation [concert?] with them.
[Received February 19.]