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File No. 861.00/327

The Ambassador in Russia ( Francis ) to the Secretary of State

[Telegram—Extract]1
Petrograd , April 21, 1917, 3 p.m.
[Received April 23, 9.30 a.m.]

1211. … Very important, however, that congestion at Vladivostok and on Siberian Railway be relieved by prompt shipment of railroad equipment and arrival of strong experienced manager. Situation offers excellent opportunity which our ablest managers should be ambitious to embrace. British Ambassador tells me unofficially that he recommends Russian Government to give us control at Vladivostok and of entire Siberian Railway. English have control at Archangel.

Francis
  1. Printed in full in vol. i, p. 27.↩