1915-05-19-DE-015-M

Source: DE/PA-AA/Embassy Constantinople/Vol. 168.
Publication: DuA Doc. 060 (rev. abbr.)
Translator: Linda Struck

From the Ambassador in Constantinople (Wangenheim) to the Consulate in Erzerum

Pera, 19 May 1915.

Reply to telegram dated 18^th inst..
Under the described circumstances you are authorised to approach your local Supreme Command about the deportation of the Armenians and, if reversal of the measures is inopportune for military reasons, to advocate humane treatment of the deported, defenceless people.
However, you should keep your intervention within the limits of a piece of friendly advice and avoid giving your meeting with the Supreme Command the character of an official representation.

[Wangenheim]