File No. 861.00/2317
The Acting Secretary of State to the Consul at Moscow ( Poole)1
104. Your 24, July 20, and 28 [38?], July 25. Owing to the wholly unwarrantable action of the Soviet authorities in interrupting telegraphic communication between this Government and its representatives in Russia, the Department of State has no knowledge of the removal of the American Ambassador from Vologda as apparently indicated in your reports. The Government of the United States will persist in its friendly purpose towards Russia so long as the people of Russia are unwilling to accept the domination of the Central powers regardless of any action which may be taken by the Bolshevik authorities. Please advise Ambassador Francis that the Department relies fully upon his thorough understanding of this Government’s attitude to reflect our friendly purpose towards Russia, and is confident that if his judgment has prompted him to remove from Vologda to Archangel it has been because the attitude of the Bolshevik authorities at Moscow left him no other course to pursue. Please acknowledge receipt of this telegram and report measures taken to deliver it to Ambassador Francis.
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