File No. 861.00/837a

The Secretary of State to the Consul at Odessa (Ray)

[Telegram]

Please report immediately conditions your district as affecting army, food supplies, sentiment for separate peace. What information have you regarding progress of reported effort by Alexeev,1 Kornilov,2 and Kaledin3 to reconstruct loyal portions of army.

Lansing
  1. Gen. M. V. Alexeev, from March to June 1917 Commander in Chief of the Russian Army and in September 1917 Chief of Staff; at this time engaged with Kornilov and others in the formation of the Volunteer Army.
  2. Gen. L. G. Kornilov, in July 1917 commander of the southwestern front and from July to September 1917 Commander in Chief of the Russian Army.
  3. Gen. A.M. Kaledin, Ataman of the Don Cossacks.