Foreign Relations of the United States Diplomatic Papers, 1938, The British Commonwealth, Europe, Near East, and Africa, Volume II

890D.00/721: Telegram

The Consul General at Beirut (Palmer) to the Secretary of State

Beirut, June 30, 1938—2 p.m.
[Received June 30—9:55 a.m.]

Department’s June 29, 7 p.m. At noon today High Commissioner in my presence telephoned Collet at Antioch instructions to point out to Turkish general American rights to property in question and to inform the latter that American Consul General under instructions from Washington now protests against any steps toward dispossession; that American interests concerned could not be dispossessed manu militari and that Turkish troops must be housed elsewhere.

I have telegraphed Embassy at Ankara.

Palmer