File No. 861.00/714
The Secretary of State to the Consul General at Moscow ( Summers)
[Telegram]
Washington,
December 15, 1917, 6 p.m.
1689. Your 59, November 17,3 and subsequent telegrams on situation. Department appreciates your sound and able handling of difficult conditions, also courageous cooperation of your staff, including Poole. No Government either belligerent or neutral has recognized Bolshevik government at Petrograd.
Department desires to keep in close touch with developments [in] Moscow and Moscow district.
Lansing