767.68/276: Telegram

The Acting Secretary of State to the High Commissioner at Constantinople (Bristol)

113. Reference telegram of September 4, noon, from the American Consul at Smyrna to you repeated to the Department.

Department is not inclined to do more than send destroyers to Smyrna to assist in protection of American lives and property. The situation would not appear to justify this Government assuming the role of voluntary mediator.

Phillips