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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.]

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
  1. Cf. vol. ii, p. 727.↩