File No. 763.72111/6916a
The Secretary of State to the Minister in Persia ( Caldwell)
[Telegram]
Washington,
March 29, 1918, 8 p.m.
34. It is reported in the newspapers that a Persian delegation has left Teheran for Berlin via Constantinople to arrange a permanent alliance between Persia and Germany based upon a large loan by Germany to finance Persian railroads and to equip the Persian Army with German instructors.
Please investigate and report immediately upon this matter.
Lansing