Office of the Historian

740.00/465½: Circular telegram

The Secretary of State to the Minister in Greece (MacVeagh)9

Washington, September 27, 1938—4 p.m.

We should be interested in receiving a brief telegraphic report as to what may be expected to happen in Greece in the event of a general war in Europe, as well as your comment on any special problems that are likely to arise in connection with the protection of American citizens there.

Hull
  1. The same, mutatis mutandis, to the American diplomatic missions in Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Morocco, and Turkey, and to the Consulates at Beirut, Calcutta, Jerusalem, and Tunis.↩