Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, The Paris Peace Conference, 1919, Volume II

Paris Peace Conf. 871.48/2: Telegram

The Acting Secretary of State to the Commission to Negotiate Peace

Washington , December 27, 1918—6:26 a.m.
[Received December 28—9 a.m.]

9. Department has received following telegram from American Legation Bucharest

“20. December 20th. In addition to telegrams 18 and 19⁴⁷ which I have today sent from Her Majesty the Queen of Roumania to Mr. Davison⁴⁸ and Mr. Anderson⁴⁹ through the Department and also in addition to the telegram sent by the Allied Ministers here on the 18th,⁵⁰ I beg to again plead for Roumania where, unless immediate help is received, hunger will most certainly press within 30 days. The most pressing need is for wheat after which comes linen, ready made clothing, boots, and cloth. If any Commission is sent by the American Red Cross it should be sent on the same steamer as the supplies.”

Please communicate to Hoover.

Polk

47. Neither printed.
48. Henry P. Davison, chairman of the War Council of the American Red Cross.
49. Henry W. Anderson, American Red Cross commissioner in charge of relief work in the Balkan States.
50. Not printed.