File No. 861.00/3217
The Consul General at Irkutsk (Harris) to the Secretary of State1
[Received November 13, 10.48 p.m.]
General situation to date. Banks in Siberia are greatly in need of money, especially small change. Commerce everywhere practically at a standstill. Difficult to keep down speculation. Cost of living increasing every day. Practically impossible to get robes, shoes, matches, candles, and many other necessities. Irkutsk quiet although heavily patrolled at night. Considerable Bolshevik unrest in Krasnoyarsk and kept down only by presence of soldiers. Vice Consul Palmer, Ekaterinburg, reports military situation stationary that front. Radio from Perm states that large reinforcements of Bolsheviks coming toward that city from Vyatka. Czechs on Ekaterinburg front being replaced by Russian troops. Vice Consul is of opinion if Czechs withdraw Russian army will fall to pieces.
- Sent via the Legation in China.↩