File No. 860d.00/60

The Consul at Helsingfors ( Haynes ) to the Secretary of State 1

[Telegram]

Fifteen Americans from Petrograd including Government officers’ wives and business men are now refugees in Helsingfors because of increasing civil war activity. Red and White Guards refuse passage through lines. Stockholm Legation wires Swedish authorities refuse to send boat to Finland because of ice. According to arrangement with White Guards, Germans are landing at Hangö to take Helsingfors and drive Reds from Finland in order to restore order. German airplanes over Helsingfors. Consulate expenses considerably increased. Have bureau accounts protect possible drafts.

Haynes
  1. Sent via the Legation in Sweden (No. 1673).