Office of the Historian

File No. 861.00/1599

The Ambassador in Russia (Francis) to the Secretary of State

[Telegram]
Vologda, April 10, 1918, 10 p.m.
[Received April 15, 5.35 a.m.]

87. For the Secretary:

Robins1 wires received following cable from Thompson:2 “Believe all relief you may ask for will be furnished Russian Government.” Does this mean Red Cross supplies for Russian people, between whom and government Thompson unable to distinguish, or does it mean that our Government willing to aid Soviet government? If latter, I respectfully, but positively, cannot endorse.

Francis
  1. Lieut. Col. Raymond Robins, then in charge of the American Red Cross Commission to Russia.↩
  2. Lieut. Col. William B. Thompson, in charge in 1917 of the American. Red; Cross Commission to Russia.↩