File No. 861.51/165
The Acting Secretary of State to the Ambassador in Russia (Francis)
[Telegram]
Washington, July 18, 1917, 4
p.m.
1577. From Secretary of Treasury:
Your cable July 11, 1917, in reference to credit of $75,000,000 for the Government of Russia. This credit was granted on July 9, without imposing conditions upon the Russian Government as it was recognized from the representations made that it was vital to Russia’s national security and a successful conduct of the war.
Polk