File No. 861.00/816
The Ambassador in Great Britain ( Page) to the Secretary of State
[Telegram]
London,
December 15, 1917, 5 p.m.
[Received 7.35 p.m.]
[Received 7.35 p.m.]
7980. I had an informal talk on December 4 with Lord Robert Cecil, on the subject treated in telegram 1653, December 1, 3 p.m.,1 from the Copenhagen Legation, which was transmitted to the Department through me.
Mr. Balfour now informs me that should you see fit to take any steps to prevent the recognition of the Bolshevik government by neutral powers the British Government is ready to lend its support.
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