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File No. 861.00/886

The Minister in Rumania ( Vopicka ) to the Secretary of State

[Telegram]
Jassy , December 28, 1917, 6 p.m.
[Received December 31, 1.35 a.m.]

202. Yesterday V. Cristi, director of internal affairs, I. Pelivan, director of external affairs, of the new republic of Bessarabia named Moldavia called upon me, being introduced by Rumanian Minister Interior. Inkulets is president of Parliament and Erhan president of the Council. This new republic expects to be federal state like Ukraine if Russia forms federal government. It is opposed to Bolshevik regime and friendly to the Allies.

Vopicka