File No. 861.00/1445
The Ambassador in Russia (Francis) to the Secretary of State
[Received April 6, 8.59 p.m.]
67. Have seen Consul General’s cable No. 303, March 31,3 to-day. Robins forwards me daily reports from Webster in Irkutsk but [who] [Page 97] proceeding Chita with British officer and Soviet representative. They say Bolsheviks protesting against Semenov1 in the Siberian raids on Chinese territory and against assistance rendered by Allies. Semenov says only endeavoring to restore order in Siberia. Webster-Hicks’s reports give different impression about conditions along Siberia from those of consuls.
Russian Government telegraphed Siberian Soviet and local Soviet and railroad officials to protect and expedite railway engineers en route Vologda and says experienced railroad official requested will be sent Vologda when time specified.
- Ibid. p. 489.↩
- Ataman of the Far Eastern Cossacks.↩