File No. 861.61321/8
The Ambassador in Russia (Francis) to the Secretary of State
[Telegram]
Vologda, March 31,
1918, 8 p.m.
[Received April 1, 8.18 p.m.]
[Received April 1, 8.18 p.m.]
50. I have received Consul General’s March 30, noon, cable to you and endorse Harris appointment as Consul General, Siberia, reporting Summers and myself. I approve Consul General’s request to purchase cotton, provided arrangements made for transporting same from Moscow to safety in event Moscow captured. Harris is Stevens’s representative on commission mentioned in my No. 44. Consul General coming to Vologda on 5th for a conference.
Francis