Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, 1923, Volume II

861.404/89: Telegram

President Harding to the Secretary of State

St. Augustine, Florida, March 28, 1923.
[Received March 28.]

I know nothing of the merits of the cases of Russian ecclesiastics but it can do no harm and may be helpful to convey through Houghton an expression of American sentiment in opposition to death sentence. You may instruct Houghton accordingly.

Warren G. Harding