Office of the Historian

File No. 763.72/8038

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

[Telegram]
Petrograd, December 8, 1917, 9 p.m.
[Received December 11, 12.18 a.m.]

2073. Afternoon papers state thousand Japanese militia landed Vladivostok from transport convoyed by cruiser Okuma. Called Japanese Ambassador, read statement to him. He says had no advices and believed report untrue.

Francis