365.115 D 58/81: Telegram
The High Commissioner in Turkey (Bristol) to the Secretary of State
[Received 8 p.m.]
218. Department’s 182, October 27, 6 p.m. Delegate at Angora on November 2nd made representations as instructed in above-mentioned telegram and reports as follows:
“November 2, 3 p.m. Discussed at length this morning with Tewfik Kiamil Bey35 property transfer question, using arguments outlined in High Commission’s 86, October 30, 3 p.m. He stated the Turkish Government considers protocol of 187436 and Ottoman law of 1873 [1867?]37 as null and void and right to acquire real property therefore non-existent until coming into effect of Turkish-American treaty. I replied that my Government did not accept this point of view and I urged him to examine the question in a practical way with a view to avoiding an issue. He undertook to do this but he holds out little if any hope of satisfactory adjustment.”