File No. 867.48/576
The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in Turkey ( Elkus)
[Telegram]
Washington,
April 3, 1917, 5 p.m.
3481. Your 2563, March 23. Spanish Government has offered to furnish ship to transport relief supplies from New York and Alexandria to Syria, and also medical supplies to Palestine. Department has accepted offer with thanks and inquired whether this ship will be available to remove Americans from Syria and Palestine.
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