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
[34] The Ambassador in Russia ( Francis) to the Secretary of State
Petrograd,
May 4, 1917, 3 p.m.
[Received May 7, 12.50 p.m.]
[Received May 7, 12.50 p.m.]
File No. 861.00/343
[35] The Acting Secretary of State to the Ambassador in Russia ( Francis)
Washington,
May 5, 1917, 6 p.m.
File No. 861.00/349a
[36] 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
[37] The Consul at Petrograd ( Winship) to the Secretary of State
Petrograd,
May 8, 1917.
[Received June 21.]
[Received June 21.]
File No. 861.00/393
[38] The Ambassador in Russia ( Francis) to the Secretary of State
Petrograd,
May 11, 1917—7 p.m.
[Received May 13, 10 a.m.]
[Received May 13, 10 a.m.]
File No. 861.00/356
[39] The Ambassador in Russia ( Francis) to the Secretary of State
Petrograd,
May 13, 1917, 10 p.m.
[Received May 15, 7 a.m.]
[Received May 15, 7 a.m.]
File No. 861.00/358
[40] The Ambassador in Russia ( Francis) to the Secretary of State
Petrograd,
May 14, 1917, 8 p.m.
[Received May 16, 4.30 a.m.]
[Received May 16, 4.30 a.m.]
File No. 861.00/361
[41] The Consul at Petrograd ( Winship) to the Secretary of State
Petrograd,
May 15, 1917.
[Received June 20.]
[Received June 20.]
File No. 861.00/395
[42] The Ambassador in Russia ( Francis) to the Secretary of State
Petrograd,
May 15, 1917, 2 p.m.
[Received 10 p.m.]
[Received 10 p.m.]
File No. 861.002/46
[43] The Ambassador in Russia ( Francis) to the Secretary of State
Petrograd,
May 16, 1917, 8 p.m.
[Received May 18, 8.35 a.m.]
[Received May 18, 8.35 a.m.]
File No. 861.00/363
[44] The Consul General at Moscow ( Summers) to the Secretary of State
Moscow,
May 18, 1917.
[Received June 26.]
[Received June 26.]
File No. 861.00/406
[45] The Ambassador in Russia ( Francis) to the Secretary of State
Petrograd,
May 19, 1917, 4 p.m.
[Received May 20, 5.55 p.m.]
[Received May 20, 5.55 p.m.]
File No. 861.00/367
[46] The Ambassador in Russia ( Francis) to the Secretary of State
Petrograd,
May 20, 1917, 8 p.m.
[Received May 22, 7 a.m.]
[Received May 22, 7 a.m.]
File No. 861.00/375
[47] The Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs ( Tereshchenko) to the Secretary of State
Petrograd,
May 21, 1917.
[Received May 22, midnight.]
[Received May 22, midnight.]
File No. 763.72/4834
[48] The Ambassador in Russia ( Francis) to the Secretary of State
Petrograd,
May 21, 1917.
[Received June 26.]
[Received June 26.]
File No. 763.72110/658
[49] The Consul at Petrograd ( Winship) to the Secretary of State
Petrograd,
May 22, 1917.
[Received June 28.]
[Received June 28.]
File No. 861.00/413
[50] The Secretary of State to the Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs ( Tereshchenko)
Washington,
May 26, 1917.
File No. 763.72/4834
- 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, post, p. 42.↩