867.48/1119
The Assistant Secretary of State (Phillips) to the Counselor of the British Embassy (Barclay)
My Dear Mr. Barclay: I beg to acknowledge the receipt of your note No. 1396 of December 19th, quoting a message from Doctor Gates at Constantinople.
A copy of this message has been handed to Doctor James L. Barton, chairman of the Belief Expedition which is about to sail for Turkey. Doctor Barton and the members of the Commission expect to sail from New York on December 31st, and the ship carrying the relief in kind and the corps of relief workers will sail about the middle of January, direct for Constantinople. It will, of course, not be possible for the Expedition to bring gold or coal, as the amount which they could carry would not be sufficient to justify the use of space on the vessel needed for other supplies. A reply is being cabled to Doctor Gates through our Legation at Athens.15
Sincerely yours,
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