Office of the Historian

File No. 861.00/2410

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

[Telegram—Extract]
Kandalaksha, undated.
[Received August 2, 1918, 2.06 a.m.]

Poole1 reports having advised you departure of Diplomatic Corps from Vologda and causes therefor. …2 My intention and desire to remain in Russia. [Have not changed?] my judgment as to our having ambassador here. My stay at Kandalaksha and subsequent location will be influenced by developments. Plan to return to Vologda when safe. [Will] advise the Department by cable.

Francis
  1. DeWitt C. Poole, Consul at Moscow.↩
  2. The detailed account of the trip, hopelessly garbled in transmission, is omitted. Another account is given in the Ambassador’s telegram No. 350, Aug. 4, infra. ↩