Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, 1918, Russia, Volume I

File No. 763.72119/1375

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

[Telegram]

Petrograd, February 19, 1918, 9 p.m.
[Received February 24, 3.46 a.m.]

2393. Smolny wired Berlin last midnight offering to accept peace terms demanded at last conference. This given out 5 this afternoon. German reply not yet received. Some doubt German acceptance now. No successful resistance can be made German advance and if railroads unbroken they can reach Petrograd in forty-eight hours. More later.

Francis