Office of the Historian

File No. 861.00/2347

The Ambassador in Russia ( Francis) to the Secretary of State 1

[Telegram]
Vologda, July 22, 1918, 6 p.m.
[Received July 25, 5.33 a.m.]

336. Diplomatic representatives [omission] to go to Archangel as remaining here subjects them to be treated as hostages and possibly to violence and would embarrass military operations. When Allied forces land at Archangel railroad connected therewith will be immediately cut. Being uninformed concerning disembarkment of Allied forces Archangel and unadvised concerning our policy on principle [of] intervention, also our Japanese relations, and ignorant of situation in Siberia, am awaiting developments here. Local officials [Page 623] here decidedly pro-Ally but danger of premature anti-Bolshevik outbreak which endeavoring to prevent. Cannot feel that personal safety is endangered.

[ Francis]
  1. Sent via the Consulate General at Moscow (No. 34) and the Embassy in France (No. 4566).↩