Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, 1918, Supplement 2, The World War

File No. No. 763.72112/5633

The Consul General at Saloniki ( Horton) to the Secretary of State

[Telegram]

Saloniki, November 22, 1917, 6 p.m.
[Received November 23, 2.45 a.m.]

Does the Government of the United States approve American firms having business relations with local firms on the English-French black list as having Austrian, Bulgarian, or Turkish connections? If not, what advice can I give them as to avoiding existing contracts whose fulfillment subjects American companies to repressive measures of English and French authorities?

Horton