868.51 Struma Valley/22: Telegram

The Acting Secretary of State to the Chargé in Greece ( Goold )

[Paraphrase]

45. Referring to your despatch No. 583, May 15, 1928.57 Please telegraph the Department briefly concerning the exact areas covered by, and the present status of, the drainage contract which supposedly was awarded the Foundation, Ulen, and Monks group. Report also in the same sense about the drainage contract which has been sought or obtained by the British firm, Boot and Company. The National City Bank and Speyer and Company, as the Legation knows, are associated with the Hambro Bank in the financing of public works in Greece.

Clark
  1. Not printed; but see telegram No. 39, May 14, supra.