File No. 861.00/432
The Ambassador in Russia ( Francis ) to the Secretary of State
[Telegram]
Petrograd
,
July 23, 1917, 7 p.m.
[Received July 25, 4.30 p.m.]
[Received July 25, 4.30 p.m.]
1545. Extreme quiet still prevails here. Minister of Foreign Affairs states Workmen-Soldiers fully recognize Provisional Government ascending [ascendancy] and capital punishment restored in army for desertion, disobedience. Reported Russian losses 50,000 prisoners, many large cannon, because soldiers refused to fight through Bolshevik influence. Such impression greatly weakens Workmen-Soldiers’ influence.
Francis