890d.00/267: Telegram
The Consul at Beirut (Knabenshue) to the Secretary of State
[Paraphrase]
Beirut, November 23,
1925—6 p.m.
[Received November 23—5:45 p.m.]
[Received November 23—5:45 p.m.]
I respectfully request that I be given discretionary authority to dispense with destroyers when Colonel Foy, Captain Fairfield, and I decide that we may do so without danger. We hope that this can be done not later than about December 1, when the new French High Commissioner is due to arrive.
This telegram sent to Embassy at Paris and to Department.
Knabenshue