Note and declaration of the Russian Provisional Government on the aims of the war, communicated May 3—Message of the American Federation of Labor to the Council of Workmen’s and Soldiers’ Deputies on the terms of peace—Discussions with the French and British missions—Arrival of a permanent French High Commissioner, Tardieu—Dispatch of the staff of the American Expeditionary Force—Relations with Bulgaria
[76] The Minister in Greece ( Droppers ) to the Secretary of State
Athens
,
May 4, 1917, 1 p.m.
[Received 12 p.m.]
[Received 12 p.m.]
File No. 868.00/107
[77] Notes on a Conference Held between the British Mission to the United States Headed by Mr. Balfour; the Secretary of War; and Representatives of the War Department and the General Munitions Board in May, 1917
May 1917
War Department Files: WCD 9971–A–47
[78] The Secretary of State to the Russian Chargé ( Onou )
Washington
,
May 7, 1917
.
File No. 763.72/4356
[79] The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in Russia ( Francis )
Washington
,
May 7, 1917, 4 p.m.
File No. 861.00/350a
[80] The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in Italy ( Page )
Washington
,
May 7, 1917, 7 p.m.
File No. 763.72/4127
[81] Mr. Balfour, for the British Special Mission, to the Secretary of State
Washington
,
May 7, 1917
.
[Received May 8.]
[Received May 8.]
File No. 763.72/5403
[82] The Ambassador in Russia ( Francis ) to the Secretary of State
Petrograd
,
May 5, 1917, 7 p.m.
[Received May 8, 4.05 p.m.]
[Received May 8, 4.05 p.m.]
File No. 861.00/350
[83] The Ambassador in Great Britain ( Page ) to the Secretary of State
London
,
May 8, 1917, 3 p.m.
[Received 6 p.m.]
[Received 6 p.m.]
File No. 763.72/4472
[84] The Minister in Denmark ( Egan ) to the Secretary of State
Copenhagen
,
May 8, 1917, 5 p.m.
[Received May 9, 7.40 a.m.]
[Received May 9, 7.40 a.m.]
File No. 763.72/4497
[85] The Minister in Denmark ( Egan ) to the Secretary of State
Copenhagen
,
May 10, 1917, 4 p.m.
[Received May 11, 6.30 a.m.]
[Received May 11, 6.30 a.m.]
File No. 763.72/4549
[86] The Minister in Switzerland ( Stovall ) to the Secretary of State
Berne
,
May 11, 1917, 11 a.m.
[Received May 12, 9.40 p.m.]
[Received May 12, 9.40 p.m.]
File No. 763.72119/597
[87] The Japanese Ambassador ( Sato ) to the Secretary of State
Washington
,
May 12, 1917
.
File No. 763.72/4677½
[88] The Secretary of State to the Japanese Ambassador ( Sato )
Washington
,
May 15, 1917
.
File No. 763.72/4677½
[89] The Greek Chargé ( Vouros ) to the Secretary of State
Washington
,
May 15, 1917
.
[Received May 16.]
[Received May 16.]
File No. 763.72111/5030
[90] The French Ambassador ( Jusserand ) to the Secretary of State
Washington
,
May 15, 1917
.
[Received May 17.]
[Received May 17.]
File No. 033.5111/2
[91] The Secretary of State to the Minister in Denmark ( Egan )
Washington
,
May 17, 1917, 4 p.m.
File No. 763.72/4781c
[92] The Minister in Denmark ( Egan ) to the Secretary of State
Copenhagen
,
May 17, 1917, 2 p.m.
[Received 10.30 p.m.]
[Received 10.30 p.m.]
File No. 763.72119/602
[93] The Minister in Greece ( Droppers ) to the Secretary of State
Athens
,
May 17, 1917, 8 p.m.
[Received May 18, 5.15 a.m.]
[Received May 18, 5.15 a.m.]
File No. 868.48/6
[94] The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in Great Britain ( Page )
Washington
,
May 19, 1917, 3 p.m.
File No. 703.72/4799a
[95] The Consul General at Sofia ( Murphy ) to the Secretary of State
Sofia
,
May 10, 1917, 10 p.m.
[Received May 19, 3.35 p.m.]
[Received May 19, 3.35 p.m.]
File No. 763.72/4787
[96] Mr. Balfour, for the British Special Mission, to the Department of State
Washington
,
May 24, 1917
.
File No. 763.72/4686½
- The date on which this note was sent out by the Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs, for communication to the American and Allied Governments, was May 1, and it is generally referred to as of that date in historical accounts and in the discussion which followed in Russia; see despatch from the Consul in Petrograd, No. 300, May 8, Foreign Relations, 1918, Russia, Vol. I, p. 42.↩