File No. 861.00/1120
The Secretary of State to the Consul at Tiflis (Smith)
[Telegram]
Washington, February
20, 1918, 7 p.m.
Your February 12, 10 p.m. British military agent, Caucasus, reports to his Government that three Americans were recently in Tiflis who proposed to subsidize Georgia with view to declaration of autonomy.
Advise Department fully and promptly facts of this report.
Lansing