Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, 1918, Russia, Volume I
Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, 1918, Russia, Volume I
Editor:
- Joseph V. Fuller
General Editor:
- Tyler Dennett
United States Government Printing Office
Washington
1931
- Preface
- List of Principal Persons
- List of Papers
- Russia
Political Affairs and Diplomatic Relations (Documents 1–702)- Chapter I. The March Revolution—Abdication of the Emperor—Recognition of
the Provisional Government
(Documents 1–14)
- Chapter II. The Provisional Government: Premiership of Prince Lvov
(Documents 15–75)
- Relations with the Councils (Soviets) of Workmen’s and Soldiers’
Deputies—Efforts to check military and economic demoralization—The
questions of constitutional reorganization, land reform, and
peace—Messages from the American Government and the American Federation
of Labor (Documents 15–32)
- Reorganization of the Government—Demonstration against the note of May
3, 1917, to the Allied and American Governments—Resignation of Milyukov and Guchkov—The coalition ministry—Opinions
of American consuls on the situation (Documents 33–50)
- Reception of President Wilson’s
message of May 22, 1917, on the objects of the United States in the
war—The Kronstadt
revolt—All-Russian congresses of Workmen’s and Soldiers’ Deputies, of
Peasants, of Cossacks—Opening of the Russian offensive in Galicia (Documents 51–75)
- Relations with the Councils (Soviets) of Workmen’s and Soldiers’
Deputies—Efforts to check military and economic demoralization—The
questions of constitutional reorganization, land reform, and
peace—Messages from the American Government and the American Federation
of Labor (Documents 15–32)
- Chapter III. The American and Russian Special Missions (Documents 76–116)
- The Root mission to
Russia (Documents 76–109)
- The Bakhmeteff mission to the
United States (Documents 110–116)
- The Root mission to
Russia (Documents 76–109)
- Chapter IV. The Provisional Government: Premiership of Kerensky
(Documents 117–197)
- The ministerial crisis of July, 1917—Resignation of the Cadet Ministers—The
Bolshevik demonstration—Breakdown of the offensive—Formation of the
Kerensky ministry—The
National Conference at Moscow—The fall of Riga (Documents 117–147)
- The Kornilov episode—The
Democratic Conference at Petrograd—The second Kerensky ministry—Joint note of the
Allied Governments, October 9, 1917—The Preliminary Parliament (Council
of the Republic)—Kerensky’s press
interview on Russia’s part in the war (Documents 148–197)
- The ministerial crisis of July, 1917—Resignation of the Cadet Ministers—The
Bolshevik demonstration—Breakdown of the offensive—Formation of the
Kerensky ministry—The
National Conference at Moscow—The fall of Riga (Documents 117–147)
- Chapter V. The November Revolution—The Bolshevik “Coup d’État,” November
7, 1917—The Struggle for Control (Documents 198–224)
- Chapter VI. The Armistice with the Central Powers—Appeals for General
Peace Negotiations (Documents 225–246)
- Chapter VII. The Establishment of the Soviet Power (Documents 247–409)
- Attitude of the American and other governments toward the Bolshevik
régime—Interviews of the American military attaché and Red Cross
representative with Trotsky—Decrees abolishing private ownership of real
estate—The beginnings of civil war—Elections to the Constituent
Assembly—The Kalpashnikov incident (Documents 247–327)
- Dissolution of the Constituent Assembly—Assumption of definite control
by the All-Russian Soviet Congress—Proclamation of the Soviet
republic—The “Sisson
documents” (Documents 328–378)
- Resumption of hostilities by the Germans—Removal of the American
Embassy to Vologda—President Wilson’s message to the All-Russian Congress of Soviets,
March 11, 1918 (Documents 379–409)
- Attitude of the American and other governments toward the Bolshevik
régime—Interviews of the American military attaché and Red Cross
representative with Trotsky—Decrees abolishing private ownership of real
estate—The beginnings of civil war—Elections to the Constituent
Assembly—The Kalpashnikov incident (Documents 247–327)
- Chapter VIII. The Conclusion with the Central Powers of the Peace of Brest
Litovsk, March 3, 1918 (Documents 410–445)
- Chapter IX. The Action of the Diplomatic Corps for Release of the Rumanian
Minister from Arrest (Documents 446–453)
- Chapter X. The Soviet Republic (Documents 454–578)
- Informal relations with Soviet authorities—Questions of recognition
and intervention—Attitude toward diplomatic officers of the Provisional
Government—The German advance into Russia (Documents 454–485)
- Arrival of German and Turkish Ambassadors in Russia—Soviet request for
recall of the French Ambassador (Documents 486–498)
- Question of intervention: Recommendation of the American Ambassador,
May 2, 1918—Statements of American policy—Interference with the dispatch
of code telegrams of Allied and American representatives—Russo-German
controversies—Reports of conditions; speeches of Lenin—Activities of anti-Bolshevik
parties—The recall of Raymond
Robins, Red Cross representative (Documents 499–539)
- Temporary return of the American Ambassador to Petrograd—Nomination of
a Soviet Ambassador to the United States—Development of Russo-German
disputes—Attitude of Bolshevik and anti-Bolshevik elements toward German
and Allied intervention (Documents 540–565)
- Assassination of the German Ambassador, July 6, 1918;
Socialist-Revolutionist revolt—Kerensky’s proposed visit to America
(Documents 566–578)
- Informal relations with Soviet authorities—Questions of recognition
and intervention—Attitude toward diplomatic officers of the Provisional
Government—The German advance into Russia (Documents 454–485)
- Chapter XI. The Constitution of the Russian Socialist Federated Soviet
Republic (Document 579)
- Chapter XII. The Russo-German Supplementary Treaties, August 27,
1918 (Document 580)
- Chapter XIII. The Removal of the American and Allied Embassies from
Vologda to Archangel (Documents 581–597)
- Chapter XIV. The Withdrawal of the American and Allied Military Missions,
Consuls, and Nationals (Documents 598–623)
- Chapter XV. The Terror (Documents 624–684)
- Chapter XVI. Bolshevik Propaganda (Documents 685–702)
- Chapter I. The March Revolution—Abdication of the Emperor—Recognition of
the Provisional Government
(Documents 1–14)
- Index