File No. 891.00/928
The Acting Secretary of State to the Minister in Persia ( Caldwell )
29. Your March l.1 What is status Persian Cossacks referred to? Are they in service of Persian Government or under Russian control? Send detailed report of your information relative to conflict. Does Persian Government approve Turkish treatment of Armenians? It is of great interest to the United States that there should be no conflict between Persians and Armenians and German propaganda undoubtedly aims at producing such conflict. Have you no suggestions as to what can be done in this matter? Call attention of Persian Government to appropriation by American Committee for Armenian and Syrian Relief for distressed inhabitants of Persia, and also inform Persian Government that American Red Cross has appropriated a relief fund of $200,000 a month for two months, to be divided between distress in Turkey, Caucasus, and Persia. Red Cross states appropriation will probably continue for four additional months.
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