File No. 861.00/740a

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

[Telegram]

1864. For your information. In reply to an inquiry as to whether we would join with the Allies in an agreement not to recognize independently any new Russian Government, the Department has informed the French Ambassador that we would be glad to exchange views with the Allies at any time on the subject but that we would not bind ourselves to a course which might look to Russia as a measure of compulsion.

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