EJ London This telegram must be closely paraphrased be- Dated December 19, 1914 fore being communicated to anyone. (B) Rec'd. 7:58 a.m., 20th Secretary of State, Washington RUSH. 6148, December 19, midnight. (SECTION SEVEN) The strategical problems have to be considered in the light of the Germans either reaching the great oil supplies through the Caucasus or failing to do so. In the latter event the German oil situation will quite possibly become serious and the staging of a great offensive through Turkey unlikely. In the former event such an offensive in the spring would appear probably and it is imperative that the Allies' plans to meet it should be fully prepared and coordinated. In addition to the coordination of the Allies' plans for the prosecution of the war militarily using the word in its widest insignificance it is essential that the Allies' plans for the conduct of the war in the political sphere should also be coordinated. To Hitler's "new order in Europe" and Japan's "Asian co-prosperity" we must put forward in clear terms |