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employment, u very l a r - o namber o f the in d ig e n t r e f u g e e s ,

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d e s t i t u t e re fu g e e in C o n s ta n t in o p le had boon o f f e re d

ev a c u a t io n to B u lg a r ia , Y u g o s la v ia , o r some o t h e r c o u n t r y .

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thousand re fu g ee a in C o n s ta n t in o p le , but th ey «re t i l more

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noue l o f t h a t approved by the le a g u e o f n a t i o n s Conven t ion .

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the e e t t t u l i s h u e n t o f the iiigh c e a u i a a a r i a t toward a the end

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a r r iv a l a t Athene about the 6 th ’.ehen you w ill no

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o f a l e t t e r I have r ec e iv e d from Misa M lto h e l l .

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M ajor ! • ÿ» JOHhtiQN,A s s i s t a n t Ki^li Com missioner f o r R e f u s e s ,

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C o n stan tin o p le , J u ly 1 4 th • 1924.

Dear Mr. G h ilds,

The Committees in Amerioa who a re t ry in g to ser,ci money

here f o r the evacuation o f uhe Russians a re :

■I’Hu BUSBIAli HWUJm . E&LDÜF dOJIaiY Uj$' AMùRIOA UNO.,350, .Vest S t .

Sew York 01 ty.

I think you havo heard directly from them so will have

the list of i t s officers. All the money sent from this dociety i s money

refunded by the Russians evacuated to the United States last year.

i'he second organization, is the

" aUui’Ui, TTOKK'» for the "RUddLu. RttfUiltil HELIi-i' ùUJLùl'Y On' AMERICA"

officers as follows:

Charles Summer Bird Jr, Chairman

Lrs. H«H«Sprague Vice chairman

.llan fforbes ü’easurer

Arthur L. fiiohmond Asst, freasurur

M rs. Jasp er d h i t i n j H iss M argaret S a ilJonn t e r r y Bowditoh Ategustus Keaeuway

-,rs. Maun in à,1 -yery Jr.damuel iliotIrù. U» r« ùaranor Jr.Judge P.uburt Jrant Mrs. Robert is'- Hooper Mark A. dew0If ..owe

Mrs. : Iarvy lie Bundy Mrs. Heman Me Burr Clement Me Burnhome

Mrs. .iardiner Davis Qe Claflin Davis

r*rof. Archibald Gary Collid^e

Mrs. usthur s'» Johnson John de Lawrence *rs. R.'J?. Lyman Aex-e Lorii)o' Jr.Ctaorg* Lewis Jr.John Re McComver lids tfammy £• las Ou Morton k‘i Prince Hwnry dinner Mrs. duor to 5. ..est

Ro^er .Earner Rudolph ./eld.

fixe money se n t "by tn is Qommittee i money donated n o t ro fvm ds.

Ihe Boston Committee has se n t u lto g e th e r to th - ^ re s e n t date $ 3000

Ine Russian Refugee R e l ie f S o c ie ty cab le Which I re c e iv o u o n ly

la s t n l^ n t announcing ^ 3000 b rink 's t h e i r t o t a l sent; to $ 4000

I shou ld say th a t r o u ^ i ly ;d,50Q o f what I hu,ve re ce ived has a lre a d y

teen w ith e r p a id o r guaranteed f o r evacu a tio n and tuday I expect to issu e

a ii'OOd many more guarantees f o r your convoy a t the end o f t h is month.

A l l th is money has been c o l le c te d , in ^.mericu.» and su n t here ana the

whole Boston O o m iitte e s ta r te a , hocause we w rote what the League had succeeded

in doin_, in the way o f o b ta in in g v is a s , and what a d is a s te r i c would be to

have these v is a s so v i t a l f o r the re fugees and so d i f f i c u l t to o b ta in lo s t

through la c k o f funds fo r t ra n s p o r ta t io n . ,Ve made a ve ry s tro n g appea l on

th is b a s is , ,/e know th e y are c o n t in u in j t h e ir e f f o r t s to o b ta in money in

.âir.eriûa and we most fe r v e n t ly hope th e re fo re th a t the League w i l l con tinue

ans s u c c e s s fu lly i t s e f f o r t s to o b ta in v is a s , bes ides a l l the im p o rta n t

work o f j e t t i n ^ the convoys o f f , o th e rw ise a l l thee American e f f o r t i s q u ite

f u t i l e a id would be o b lig e d to cease.

Yours v e ry s in c e re ly ,

(Sô’d) Anna Y .u• ,.11’CIfELL

P .a . have w r it te n th is in ^ re a t haste b e fo re ^ o in j uo the o f f ic e . 1‘lwase excuse the r ou»-me sa o f i t . I t would be a c a la m i t y shou ld a n y th in g happen to ±,roveut yuur w o rk , w ith o u t w h ich a l l t h is e f f o r t from America would be f u t i l e .

SOCIÉTÉ DES NATIONS

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l a l e t t r e que j ' a i adressée en date du 23 a v r i l

de rn ie r à l 'American Central Committee for Rus­

s ian R el ie f à Washington.

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«0 . 7 2 9 2 Vienne l e 23 a v r i l 1923

Comité I n t e r n a t i o n a l de l a Croix-Rouge,Se rv ice des Miss ions ,

6 E 1 1 V ! .

Je vous t r a n s m e t s c i - j o i n t une l e t t r e a d r e s sé e à V A m e r i c a n C e n t r a l Committee f o r R u s i an B e l i e f a «a- sb in g to n concernan t une demande de rense ignem ents su r des fonds envoyes a Vienne pour l e s r é f u g i é s f u s s e s , e n vous p r i a n t de b i e n v o u l o i r l a f a i r e p a r v e n i r a sa d e s t i n a t i o n a p rè s en a v o i r p r i s c o n n a i s san ce .

V e u i l l e z a g r é e r l e s a s su ra n ce s de ma ha u te con­s i d é r a t i o n .

Henri Reywond m.p.Délégué du Comité I n t e r n a t i o n a l

de l a Croix-Rouge

ïo .7293 V ien n a ,A p r i l 23th 1923

American C e n t r a l Committee f o r Russ ian R e l i e f

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S i r ,

Would you be kind enough t o inform uie i f i t i s t r u e t h a t t h e Committee of which you a r e P r e s i d e n t has s e n t s e v e r a l t im es a l r e a d y t o Baroness Olga SCHWACHHBIU,Vienna, some m a te r ia l h e lp in tended f o r t h e b e n e f i t o f r u s s i a n r e f u g e e s .

Our D e leg a t io n having been e n t r u s t e d w i th t h e p r o t e c ­t i o n of t h e i n t e r e s t s of Russ ian r e f u g e e s i n A u s t r i a , a n d be ing t h e r e f o r e th e c e n t e r o f a l l q u e s t io n s to u ch in g them, you w i l l u n d e r s tan d how u s e f u l l i t would be fo r us to g e t some in fo rm a t io n s on t h i s s u b j e c t .

In t h e case t h a t you should s t i l l d i sp o se of c e r t a i n r e s e r v e s for t h e d i s p o s a l of t h e Russ ian r e f u g e e s . I would be g r e a t l y ob l iged t o you i f you would k in d ly « Iso t h i n k of t h e Refugees in A u s t r i a .T h e misery of t h e s e p o r r people co n t in u es t o be s t i l l most a l a r m in g . I am s o r r y t o say oui- D e leg a t io n i s not in a p o s i t i o n t o he lp them i n a subs ­t a n t i a l way. . / .

Hoping t o h e a r from you soon ,and with my warmest th an k s By a n t i c i p a t i o n ,

I have t h e honour t o be

S i r ,your o b ed ien t s e r v a n t

Henri Reymond D elega te o f t h e I n t e r n a t i o n a l

Bed Cross Committee

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If! 1Genova, u*uot 23rd/l923.

My dear Mr* Caldv ell,

I found your kind letter of the 28th Jnl;, awaiting mo on my return fron the inlknna ur.d bog to express iny ko en aop.eoirtlon of the very sympathetic reooptlon which you afforded to the plan outlined in i)r. Hanson1o letter to you, in which he invited the oo-operation of your Russian Hefugee Relief organisation.

My fihort tour in the rtelkans only too strongly con­firmed the impression which : hrd already formed of the necessity of bringing effective eld to the HuebInn Refugees,not onlv in Constantinople but in Bulgaria, Yougoslavie and Greeoe;'whilst the situation of the refugees In uatrt* • Iboden>an?r. urgent attention.

I am turc Dr. ?rlok hud no difficulty in cominingyou of the necessity of brli^ng substantial rollef to therefugees in Germany, if a crtastrcphe it- to be vvertod f mongthe aussian Refugees in that Country, and I hope that you h> dtime to look into the situation of the Russian iefufiees in

i'olcnd where the general economic depression renders their continued presence in that country wellnigh l-nposalblo.

In orde. to Indicate the minner In which we are able to :.ohieve really prnctloal results if funds are placed at our disposal, I nuiy say that while I was In Constantinople ve managed to make i-rrangements for the oomplete evacuation of tho C6,QOO Anatolian refugees whose plight during the last for months has caused the Allies in that city the very great­est concern and whose united efforts had, up to the time of our intervention, proved fruitless.

.s the res It of this arrangement, tho Allies will now hi-ve the satisfaction of leaving Constantinople '1th the feeling that those unfortunate refugees, whose numbers had been practically halved by epidemics and other hardships, will not be -Âoandonod to their fate.

With renewed thanks for the very praotloi 1 spmpath. which you h ve r hown In our work and in the hope of having the pleasure of uuelng you r.goln in the not diBtaht future,

I remain, with kind regards to Mrs. Caldwell and yourself,

Yours sincerely,

H.J. Caldwell, Esq.,15, i-ark Row,

Hisfo Commis aton f o r R e fu g e e s . -

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Geneva, 2 4 th August 192?.

Dear Mr, C a ldw e ll ,

Daring ray r e c e n t v i a i t to Vienna our d e le g a te In t h a t

c i t y inform ed me t h a t the American C e n t ra l Committee f o r

Russ ia n "R el ief had on s e v o r n l oooagiona p ieced fu nds a t the

d i s p o s a l o f th e Baroness Olga Sohwachheim in Vienna, f o r the

r e l i e f o f Russ ian r e f u g e e s In A u s t r i a . Our del- îga tè aak’sd

me w he ther i t would h e p ô â è ib l s td'1aeqtia l ir t -the' C o& dltfs t io r i

Committee o f Russ ian Refugee O r g a n i s a t i o n s which works iti

c o o p e ra t io n w i t h h i a o f f i c e in Vienna and endeavours to

c o o r d in a t e a l l Ruaaian re fugee r e l i e f e f f o r t s in A u a t r i a , w i th

p a r t i c u l a r s of auch funds and of th e p a r t i c u l a r o b j e c t to

which they may have been a s s ig n e d . The C oord ina t ion

Committee -vould welcome t h i a i n fo rm a t io n in o i t ie r t h a t as f a r

aa p o s a ib l e any o v er la p p in g o f r e l i e f e f f o r t may be avo ided .

I p o in te d out t o our r e p r e s e n t a t i v e t h a t a l th o u g h of

course we had no r i g h t to wake t h i s s u g g e s t io n t o your

Commit t e a we cou ld perhaps t r a n s m i t i t f o r i t a c o n s id e r a t i o n

and a t the aarne time o f f e r the s e r v i c e s of our d e l e g a t e s i n

o th e r c o u n t r i e s who a re a s u i a te d by u i m l l a r C e n t r a l C o o rd in a t ­

io n Committees, i n the e v e n t o f ;,our S o c ie ty b e in g d es i ro u s

o f c o o p e ra t in g i n r e l i e f to Ruaa ia n re fu g e e s in t h e i r

t e r r i t o r l e s .

On thv o th e r hand, I ex p res sed a doubt t h a t the inform ­

a t i o n re ce iv e d by our Vienna d e l e g a t e was a c c u r a t e , aa I

u n ders ta nd t h a t the fun< a o f your S o c i e ty could on ly be used

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T h is l e t t e r w i l l be p r e s e n t e d t o P r e s i d e n t Pay n e and Mr. B i o k n e l l by M a jo r T . P . J o h n s o n , F i r s t A s s i s t a n t H igh C o m m iss ioner o f R e l i e f w i t h D r . H ansen o f th e League o f N a t i o n s , who w i l l d e s i r e t o a v a i l h i m s e l f o f t h e o p p o r t u n i t y w h i l e i n W a sh ing ton o f m e e t in g t h o s e who h e l p e d A m e r i c a 's n a t i o n a l p ro b le m s .

I am s u r e i t w i l l be a s g r e a t a p l e a s u r e f o r y o u t o m e e t M a jo r J o h n so n as i t w i l l b e f o r him to m e e t t h e D i r e c t o r s o f t h e A m erican Red C r o s s .

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