Telegram from E. Venizelos to Curzon regarding the evacuation of Eastern Thrace.

Legation de Grece 51, Upper Brook Street London, W.L. 173/162 2894 My lord marquess, Allow me to assure you that it is with the greatest mis- giving that I have read the protocol of armistice that has been si- gned. It would seem that the terms of this document are not in accor- dance with the request which I made to you recently and which, from our last conversation in Paris, I thought had been granted. I had as- ked that the Turkish administration and gendarmerie be established in Thrace one month after the evacuation of that province by the greek army. This would give, to those of the unfortunate Christian po- pulations who wanted to leave, time to do so. Instead of this, it appe- ars that the Turkish authorities are to be restored immediately af- ter the withdrawal of the Greek troops and that the whole transfer- ence of the province to the Turks is to be accomplished within a month. The satisfaction that is thus given to Turkey on this point is not justified by my vital interest of here, while a population of 400,000 - exclusive of the Christian population of Constantinople - is exposed to the danger either of complete annihilation, if they remain on the spot, or of a sudden headlong rout - as was the case in Smyrna, where the refugees took to flight, leaving every posses- ion behind them in order to save their lives. The tragic situation of these unfortunate populations will be the more increased by the fad