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[upper left of page} No 319
{upper right of page} Legation of the United States
Constantinople Oct 4^th 1894.

{written at later, in smaller letters on a diagonal running up to the right, on the left-hand side of the page above the addressee}
Acknowledging receipt
of Chip Cipher Telegram
concerning American Schools in Turkey
{underlined with flourish}

To the honorable Walter L Gresham,
Secretary of State,
Washington,

Sir,

I have the honor to acknowledge your cipher
telegram of the 2^nd inst which in reference to native
teachers in American Schools in Turkey, and
the capricious of arrest of naturalized Americans
/ I append a copy on the overleaf

I hope to succeed in enforcing your
views without straining friendly relations; (but
the protection of Missionaries on the one hand, and
preserving good relations with the Porte on the other,
presents a Scylla and Charibdis of notable which
of duties apparently_^^so conflicting, that even incessant
caution may not accomplish both)
I have the honor to remain
Your obedient servant
AW Terrell

{written vertically along right-hand margin in Terrell's hand: "confidential"}

No 319 [Legalistic?] the [......] Slat
[?] September 4-1894
To the honorable Walter 2 Gresham
Secretary of State
[?]
Sir,
I have the honor to [?] your [....]
Telegram or [No?] 2 inch in [?] to [nali..?]
teachers in [?] [sol...] in [today?]and
the capricious [?] of [?] Americans
I appear a [coly?] at the overleast.
I hope to succeed in organizing of your
being(?) without straining friendly relations; (but
the protection of [?] or the once silted, and
preserving good relations with the part(?) in the other,
presents a Scylla and [cho...]
of duties so [?], that [?] my [?]
[?] may not accomplish both)
I honestly favor to securities
[b...] obedient servent
A W Terrell