After Hirschmann got back to Washington, one of his main suggestions to curry favor with the Turkish government and expand on rescue activities in Turkey was for the War Refugee Board to arrange to send more railway cars and engines to Turkey. Sounds simple. In this cable, Matthew Marks explained to Joseph Friedman that he did not think it would be possible. Still, you could see why Hirschmann was asking. According to his deal with Turkey, a certain number of refugees could arrive every ten days and would be transported on a multi-day train trip to the Syrian border, and from there, to Palestine. Turkey had six trains. Six. A couple of new cars probably could have helped.