File No. 861.00/3115
The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in Russia (Francis)
[Telegram]
Washington, November
13, 1918, 5 p.m.
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