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

File No. 891.48/48

The Minister in Persia ( Caldwell) to the Secretary of State

[Telegram]

Teheran, May 13, 1918, 11 a.m.
[Received May 14, 9.44 a.m.]

Your telegram 53, May 10, 6 p.m. Needy Jews in Persia estimated thirty to forty thousand of which probably 25 per cent are starving and in dire need.

Caldwell