File No. 763.72/4489

The Ambassador in Russia ( Francis ) to the Secretary of State

[Telegram]

1256. Bratiano, Roumanian Minister for Foreign Affairs and President of Parliament, here asking whether Roumanian Legation under Chargé d’Affaires be received by our Government; also says [Page 722] large numbers Roumanians in America who are Austro-Hungarian subjects, some naturalized, others not, intimating that many of them desire to join our Army and asks whether they would be accepted and if so whether be permitted to form Roumanian or Transylvanian regiment or brigade. Answer.

Francis