File No. 861.00/2571
The Secretary of State to the Consul at Vladivostok (Caldwell)
[Telegram]
Washington, August
30, 1918, 4 p.m.
Your 112, August 24, 9 p.m. The Department expects you to deal with and support the city police and the authorities constituted by that municipality. Instructions regarding Railway Service Corps will follow.
Participation by the United States in police operations in Vladivostok, or elsewhere in Siberia, is not believed wise. The policy of this Government is not to interfere in local governments, municipal or provincial.
Lansing