File No. 861.51/170
The Ambassador in Russia ( Francis ) to the Secretary of State
[Telegram]
Petrograd
,
July 24, 1917, 9 p.m.
[Received July 26, 210 a.m.]
[Received July 26, 210 a.m.]
1550. Also for Secretary of Treasury:
Minister for Foreign Affairs says no use yet made of $10,000,000 paid Bakhmeteff because Bank of Finland not loaned Finnish marks with which to pay Russian soldiers and sailors in Finland. Finland announced severance of diplomatic relations with Russia.1
Francis
- Cf. vol. ii, p. 727.↩