File No. 861.00/3103

The Secretary of State to the British Chargé (Barclay)

Memorandum

The Secretary of State presents his compliments to the Charge d’Affaires of Great Britain and has the honor to acknowledge the receipt of his memorandum dated October 31, 1918,1 relative to the advisability of taking precautionary measures of a military character with regard to the small states on the western frontier of Russia.

The Secretary of State has given this matter careful consideration and believes that the situation in these border states should be considered in connection with the general problem of the occupied territory of Russia.

  1. Ante, p. 839.