File No. 861.00/760
The Minister in Norway ( Schmedeman) to the Secretary of State
[Received 7.43 p.m.]
410. I have received from all members of Russian Legation and from Russian Consul here note stating that they do not recognize the [Page 287] Bolshevik usurpers at Petrograd as having any legal authority. These notes have been acknowledged without comment. Minister for Foreign Affairs informs me that Norwegian Government has merely acknowledged without comment Trotsky’s notification and that this Government will not recognize the government of Bolsheviks until the great powers do so.