Eventually it became the purely American King-Crane Commission, which toured all Syria and Palestine during the summer of 1919, taking statements and sampling opinion.

On June 25, the King-Crane Commission arrived in Damascus to a flurry of leaflets which said "Independence or Death".

He served as a technical advisor to the King-Crane Commission in 1919.

In response the King-Crane Commission recommended that "the unity of Syria be preserved."

Even though they initially supported the idea, Britain and France eventually backed out leaving the King-Crane Commission of 1919 solely American.

When the King-Crane Commission arrived in Damascus on 25 June 1919, it was met with a flurry of leaflets saying "Independence or Death".

The American sponsored King-Crane Commission delivers its report to the Paris Peace Conference.

"The Ironic Legacy of the King-Crane Commission," in David W. Lesch (ed.)

As the previous months had shown, King-Crane Commission had not adequately analyzed the situation.

The report of the King-Crane Commission was not made public until after the Congress had voted on their Joint resolution.