File No. 861.00/3115

The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in Russia (Francis)

[Telegram]

352. Consul General at Irkutsk reports text of message addressed to liberty-loving Poles received by courier and published by American Vice Consul at Ekaterinburg, contained following statement: “Allied and American troops are advancing from Archangel and Vladivostok.”1

Department would be glad to know how such misunderstanding arose.

Lansing
  1. See telegram No. 159, Oct. 31, from the Consul General at Irkutsk, ante, p. 419.