File No. 861.00/2143b
The Secretary of State to the Consul at Vladivostok (Caldwell)
[Telegram]
Washington, June 25,
1918, 5 p.m.
Please report full statement:
- (1)
- As to total number of Czecho-Slovak troops now at Vladivostok;
- (2)
- Number armed with rifles;
- (3)
- Character and quantity of other arms including machine guns, etc.;
- (4)
- Amount of ammunition they now have;
- (5)
- Are additional stores of ammunition available—if so where?
- (6)
- Morale of troops;
- (7)
- Character and number of higher officers;
- (8)
- Outline of military organization.
Answer urgent soon as possible. Questions are to indicate general scope of inquiry, but reply need not be too precise.
Lansing