File No. 861.00/774
The Ambassador in Japan ( Morris) to the Secretary of State
[Telegram]
Tokyo,
December 7, 1917, 6 p.m.
[Received December 8, 2.55 p.m.]
[Received December 8, 2.55 p.m.]
Russian Ambassador informs me he has received a peremptory telegram from Petrograd signed by Trotsky directing him either formally to acknowledge the authority of the group governing Russia, or to transfer the affairs of the Embassy to any other member of the staff who is in sympathy and acknowledges the authority of the Maximalists. The Ambassador has reported the matter to the Minister of Foreign Affairs who assures him that he will continue to recognize him as Russian representative.
Morris