868.24/135: Telegram
The Minister in Greece (MacVeagh) to the Secretary of State
[Received April 7—5:32 a.m.]
187. The Greek Government has again sought my aid in emphasizing to you as strongly as possible the urgent and growing need here for war material, particularly ammunition, specially mentioning 81 millimeters trench mortar shells, 70,000 rounds of which have recently been lost on the steamship Gregorios off East Africa, and 105–19 mountain artillery shells. I am also requested to ask that shipment of 60 155-millimeter guns with ammunition, which I am informed has already been arranged for, be expedited.