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The Chargé in Greece (Caffery) to the Secretary of State

[Paraphrase]

56. Haskell left Greece March 19 for Anatolia on an American destroyer to take up with Turkish authorities a proposal of Mr. Hoover7 relating to American relief for Turkish devastated regions on condition that the Turks permit refugees in Greece to return to their homes in Turkey. This matter is being kept confidential in Athens and is not known to the Greek authorities.

Caffery
  1. Chairman of the American Relief Administration.