Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, 1916, Supplement, The World War

File No. 811.142/1319

The Ambassador in Turkey (Morgenthau) to the Secretary of State

[Telegram]

Constantinople, January 17, 1916, 11 a. m.
[Received January 24, 1.20 p. m.]

1494. Your 1710, 14th. Have requested permission of the Sublime Porte, but do not have much hope to obtain it, as Syrian coast being blockaded by Allied Fleet, Turkish Government does not authorize any ships enter Beirut. Will in a few days inform you of the result of my request. For whom are hospital and relief supplies intended? Please reply telegraph in cipher.

Morgenthau