890D.927/124: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Consul General at Beirut (Palmer)
57. Your 73, August 9, 1 p.m. If you have not already done so you should forward to the Department by air mail a detailed report containing all pertinent facts with reference to the contemplated action in respect to the Oriental Institute concession, including the text of the German concession, the text of the reported confirmations of that concession by the French authorities, as well as any available information concerning the grounds on which the German concession was declared forfeited.
Please keep the Department informed by telegraph of pertinent developments.