Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, 1914, Supplement, The World War

File No. 150.07/21

The Russian Ambassador ( Bakhméteff ) to the Secretary of State

Russian Embassy,
Newport, Rhode Island , August 27, 1914.
[Received 3:30 p.m.]

[Telegram]

I would be much obliged to you if you would give immediate instructions to immigration authorities on Canadian border to allow admission of Russians to New York in transit to Archangel by steamer sailing Saturday.

Bakhméteff