30 travelled with Sufer to Athens accompanied by officials from Samos. The mission arrived in the port of Rafina, 28 KM to the east of Athens. But there, Sufer’s efforts were unsuccessful. Therefore, he sent a letter to the son of Ambassador Fabre in Constantinople, Joseph Fabre, asking him for help to end the mission seizure. As Joseph’s mother, Madame Anne Cataro, was diplomatically well connected to many ambassadors, she managed to provide her son with letters from the Greek government to allow the French diplomatic mission to continue on their travels. Joseph Fabre travelled to Rafina to conclude the awkward situation. The ship sailed from Rafina to Izmir with
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