File No. 871.51/110
The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in Russia (Francis)
2060. Your 2323 and 2345. Inasmuch as the United States had not entered the war at the time the original arrangement for the deposit of the Rumanian funds was made, the Department is disposed to feel that this Government should not take part in the joint protest. You may, however, instruct the Consul General at Moscow to take an occasion to bring to the attention of the Soviet authorities the injustice which they are reported to be contemplating. The funds in question belong to a friendly Government which has been recognized and supported by the people of Rumania throughout their struggle against military imperialism of Central powers and any action to sequestrate these funds is an act of injustice incompatible with principles to which this Government is dedicated.