Office of the Historian

File No. 867.48/742

The Minister in Sweden ( Morris) to the Secretary of State

[Telegram]
Stockholm, March 9, 1918, 4 p.m.
[Received March 10, 5.32 a.m.]

1661. From Constantinople:

[March] 5. I have received a letter from the Grand Rabbi informing me that the Ottoman Minister of Finance has notified him [Page 556] that he authorizes the arrival of relief from America in foreign gold to be changed into Turkish money. He desires to be advised each time of the amount received. Grand Rabbi informs me verbally that the notification of the Minister of Finance was made after discussing subject at the Council of Ministers and that all relief from America, not only that intended for Jews, is included therein.

Morris

[For papers relating to the decision of the Department to limit remittances to Turkey see section on Polish Relief: letter of March 15, 1918, to the President, the President’s reply of March 16, and the letter to the War Trade Board, March 18, pages 526, 528, and 529, respectively.]