Office of the Historian

868.48/578: Telegram

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

Constantinople, August 6, 1923—7 p.m.
[Received August 6—1:43 p.m.]

205. My 204, August 6, 1 [11] a.m. Adnan Bey43 informed me this morning that Red Crescent will be unable to care for refugees if feeding is stopped by Near East and he urgently requested Near East to continue such feeding. He furthermore urged me personally to request Department to instruct American Chargé d’Affaires at Athens to make representations to the Greek Government to evacuate the refugees as soon as possible.

Bristol
  1. Vice President of the Turkish Grand National Assembly.↩