File No. 861.00/788
The Secretary of State to the Consul at Vladivostok (Caldwell)
[Telegram]
Washington, December
13, 1917, 6 p.m.
Your December 11, 6 p.m. In view of importance of avoiding hostility it would seem wise to refrain from discussing or considering in any way the question of the advisability of presence of foreign force in Vladivostok at the present time and you may so advise your colleagues if they bring up the matter again.
Lansing