711.672/124: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Special Mission at Lausanne
[Paraphrase]
Washington, July 21,
1923—1 p.m.
252. The views expressed in Mission’s 548 of July 21, and especially the statements you made to Ismet and reported in the first paragraph are fully approved by the Department. You should endeavor to [Page 1107] meet every reasonable request of the Turks and use the utmost patience in your dealings. But as you have indicated in your telegram, the Department would not wish you to give consideration to a treaty which leaves fundamental issues for later settlement.
Hughes