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File No. 861.00/2899

The Consul at Irkutsk ( Thomson ) to the Secretary of State 1

[Telegram]
Irkutsk , October 6, 1918 .
[Received October 7, 10.30 p.m.]

Frantic appeals coming from all Siberian and Czecho-Slovak associations to send at least 100 American soldiers by special train to Ekaterinburg and Chelyabinsk to encourage Slovaks who are losing their morale because expected aid of Allies is not arriving.

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Thomson
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  1. Sent via the Consulate at Vladivostok (No. 188).↩