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On March 29, after another meeting with Porter, Yapp asked the International Committee to send three American secretaries for POW work to England.

Pursuit of an 'Unparalleled Opportunity': The American YMCA and Prisoner of War Diplomacy among the Central Power Nations during World War I 2008

After the war, Yapp supported the creation of a new League of National YMCA's which recognized the strength and cooperation of the American and British Associations.

Pursuit of an 'Unparalleled Opportunity': The American YMCA and Prisoner of War Diplomacy among the Central Power Nations during World War I 2008

When Archibald Harte and C.V. Hibbard visited Britain in March 1915 to investigate opportunities for POW relief work, Yapp expressed initial reluctance for the need for neutral secretaries to conduct this kind of service.

Pursuit of an 'Unparalleled Opportunity': The American YMCA and Prisoner of War Diplomacy among the Central Power Nations during World War I 2008

The English YMCA already assigned a secretary, F.L. Porter, to conduct this work and Yapp did not think the British government would accept international secretaries.

Pursuit of an 'Unparalleled Opportunity': The American YMCA and Prisoner of War Diplomacy among the Central Power Nations during World War I 2008

See Yapp (1980), ch. 6 for more on the Indus river in colonial Kabul-Afghanistan policy considerations. back

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With Archibald Harte's success with the German government in March 1915, however, Yapp reconsidered his position and requested that the American YMCA dispatch three secretaries to assist Porter in the field.

Pursuit of an 'Unparalleled Opportunity': The American YMCA and Prisoner of War Diplomacy among the Central Power Nations during World War I 2008

British prisoners in Germany, finally persuaded Yapp to support American YMCA aid in England.

Pursuit of an 'Unparalleled Opportunity': The American YMCA and Prisoner of War Diplomacy among the Central Power Nations during World War I 2008

Note 64: See Yapp, p. 381, where he refers to "the jolt (which the occupation) gave to the whole economy by the import of bullion and the creation of new demands." back

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On 16 March 1915, Yapp felt that it was not necessary for an American secretary to accompany Porter on his visits to prison camps.

Pursuit of an 'Unparalleled Opportunity': The American YMCA and Prisoner of War Diplomacy among the Central Power Nations during World War I 2008