File No. 861.00/1887
The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in Russia (Francis)
179. Your 185, May 20, 5 p.m. You are authorized to draw on the Department up to $5,000,000 additional to $1,000,000 already allotted for the same purpose. You are to report progress at frequent intervals. Funds are to be expended only for such supplies as can be controlled to the point of moving them in safety towards Archangel or Vladivostok. Department assumes that members of [Page 127] purchasing commission will enlist cooperation of consular service and of the British and French to follow shipments and report at once if their safety is imperiled or success of efforts liable to fail of realization.