123 P 54/597: Telegram

The Officer in Charge at New Delhi (Merrell) to the Secretary of State

318. Mr. Phillips accompanied by Major Heppner45 and Berry46 departed by air this morning for Karachi en route to the United States. I have assumed Charge.

Merrell
  1. Maj. Richard Heppner, personal assistant to Ambassador Phillips.
  2. James Lampton Berry, Secretary in the American Mission at New Delhi.