861.00/7670: Telegram

The High Commissioner at Constantinople (Bristol) to the Secretary of State

573. From Admiral McCully [,Sevastopol?]:

“90. November 11, 10 p.m. Evacuation of Crimea inevitable and Sevastopol may hold out another week but hardly longer. I propose [Page 624] to evacuate all Americans, American citizens, and proceed to Constantinople unless otherwise instructed. McCully.”

Bristol