File No. 861.77/48
The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in Russia (Francis)
1324. Your 1179. You may inform Russian Government that there was a meeting to-day of the representatives of the car manufacturers and of the locomotive manufacturers having orders for the Russian Government. They agreed to give precedence to these offers over any orders for domestic consumption. The railroads have agreed to help in seeing that the manufacturers obtain the raw materials promptly and also in seeing that the orders, when completed, are shipped promptly. It is believed that all possible speed will be given to these orders.