File No. 600.939/35
The Minister in China (Reinsch) to the Secretary of State
[Telegram]
Peking, February
19, 1918, 7 p.m.
[Received 9 p.m.]
[Received 9 p.m.]
Your February 14, 4 p.m. Foodstuffs are now allowed to go to Irkutsk and points east thereof under consular control. On account of the situation in Siberia I request authority to instruct Consuls not to demand the right of export to Siberia in behalf of American merchandise unless reasonably assured of non-enemy destination.
Reinsch