File No. 861.00/2361
The Consul at Moscow ( Poole) to the Secretary of State 2
[Received July 27, 2 p.m.]
38. In authorized interview yesterday Chicherin said departure Ambassadors deeply regretted but will not have any influence policy of Soviet republic. It would seem there was nothing to prevent removal to Moscow, but diplomats decided otherwise, preferring to go to Archangel where “owing to military conditions their stay obviously impossible; Archangel can only be regarded as a stage of leaving Russia.” Soviet government protests against “invasion Soviet territory by Anglo-French troops” and against “political support which Allied powers are giving Czecho-Slovaks,” but he under these conditions does not desire to break diplomatic relations and hopes Ambassadors’ departure will not be so interpreted. He perceives no reason why diplomatic relations should not be kept up with Entente powers through their representatives in Moscow.
- Sent via the Embassy in France (No. 4590); by wireless from Moscow to Paris.↩