Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Address of the President to Congress December 4, 1917

File No. 893.77/1574

Minister Reinsch to the Secretary of State

[Telegram]

American Legation,
Peking, December 29, 1916, 7 p.m.

Has the American International Corporation communicated to the Department the outcome of pourparlers with Russian interests? Pending receipt of further information I am addressing to the Foreign Office a request that no action possibly prejudicial to American interests be taken without previous consultation with me.

Reinsch