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File No. 763.72/9405a

The Secretary of State to the Consul at Tiflis (Smith)1

[Telegram]
Washington, March 30, 1918, 6 p.m.

Referring your recent telegrams March 10 to 15.2 The United States is not in a position to support active military operations on Caucasus front. Summary of your reports has been communicated to British Government. Messages to Barton3 and Red Cross also delivered. Department will advise whether any measures possible to relieve situation among civilian population.

Lansing
  1. Sent via the Legation in Persia (No. 37).↩
  2. Not printed; see telegram to the Ambassador in Great Britain (No. 7116), Apr. 3, infra.↩
  3. The Rev. Dr. James L. Barton, foreign secretary of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions.↩