Telegram from George Wadsworth to Secrertary of State Edward Stettinius

DEPARTMENT INCOMING IVISION OF OF CENTRAL SERVICES STATE TELEGRAM TELEGRAPH SECTION BECLASSIFIED B:O. 11652, Sec. 3(E) and 5(D) or (E) Return govern Telegrams foreign Dept. of State letter, Aug. 10, 1972 BINLT-NC NARS Date 7-25-73 - -Beisut - MFD-1107 Beirut seedswoth This telegram must be paraphrased before being Dated May 31, 1945 RdC communicated to anyone other than a Government Rec'd 4:54 p.m. Agency. (RESTRIOTED) Secretary of State, Washington. ARCHIVES "NATIONAL SERVICE" RECORDS AND US URGENT 170, May 31, 6 p.m. I have just received through Satterthwaite and British military courier a message addressed to President Truman handwritten and signed by President Quwatly this morning reading in original French text as follows: "Syria is the object of widespread destruction. French bombs have been showered pitilessly on peaceful unarmed cities. "Homs, Hama and Aleppo have been subjected to unparalleled bombardments. For three days Damascus, the city that is historic and holy for the Arab and Moslem world, has been subjected to savage bombardments by planes, artillery and tanks. Fires following the bombardments have broken out everywhere. Entire sections and streets have been ravaged by fire, bombs and destruction. Several thousand persons have been killed