File No. 763.72/5425
The Acting Secretary of State to the Ambassador in Russia ( Francis)
[Telegram]
Washington,
July 7, 1917, 5 p.m.
3. For Mr. Root:
Referring your 8, June 17, 8 p.m.1 In view of disturbed conditions in the Far East Department considers it inadvisable for you to visit China or Japan, and will be glad to have you return to the United States direct via Vladivostok.
Polk