767.68119/178: Telegram
The Special Mission at Lausanne to the Secretary of State
[Paraphrase]
Lausanne, November
22, 1922—3 p.m.
[Received 8:15 p.m.]
[Received 8:15 p.m.]
11. The powers will not be inclined to ask for measures of relief for the Armenians which would involve territorial sacrifices by Turkey, as Angora objects intensely to any reduction of its territory to form areas of refuge for minorities. To what extent should we go in raising and supporting a point which may not be accepted and which will arouse Turkey’s resentment?
- Child
- Grew