File No. 861.00/2536
The Secretary of State to the British Chargé (Barclay)
Memorandum
The Secretary of State has the honor to acknowledge the receipt of the memorandum of His Majesty’s Chargé d’Affaires, of August 16, 1918,1 informing him of the instructions sent by the British Government to the British Consul at Vladivostok in connection with the methods deemed essential by the British Government in order to establish order in that city; and further requesting that, if this Government concur, similar instructions be sent to the American representatives at Vladivostok.
The Department of State has been happy to take under consideration the suggestions advanced by His Britannic Majesty’s Chargé d’Affaires.