File No. 861.00/933
The Secretary of State to the Minister in Norway ( Schmedeman)
[Telegram]
Washington,
January 14, 1918, 3 p.m.
205. Your 460. Naval attaché Christiania reported under date January 8 as follows: “Bolshevik government has sent fresh money collected in Russian banks in large amounts to Stockholm for special use of propaganda in England and United States.” Please endeavor to ascertain in what banks money deposited and advise Stockholm accordingly.
Lansing