File No. 861.00/3182

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

[Telegram]

All-Russian Directory and Siberian temporary government have agreed on following ten points:

1.
Formation all-Russian government agreed upon, therefore Siberian temporary government no longer exists as the Russian government.
2.
Principle of provincial government agreed upon; eliminations [delimitations] such districts or provinces will be determined later.
3.
All-Russian Directory takes over and uses organization of temporary Siberian government.
4.
Working ministry will be formed by Siberian temporary government and all-Russian Directory but in future only the Directory can fill vacancies in Ministry.
5.
Members of Ministry responsible only to all-Russian Directory.
6.
Minister President (probably will be Vologodski) must be member present all-Russian Directory.
7.
New election laws for Constituent Assembly will be drafted by special committee one member of which will be president of Tomsk territorial Duma and these laws must be ratified by all-Russian Directory before becoming effective.
8.
After Russia freed various provinces will form local state government (modeled after American state government).
9.
For present all-Russian Directory accepts laws of provincial governments to date but can revise when necessary.
10.
Army will be all-Russian and wear Russian cockade but soldiers may wear provincial colors across cockade.

Further details being sent Department to-day via Legation, Peking.

Thomson