File No. 861.77/58

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

[Telegram—Extract]

1345. Russian Embassy has to-day presented a memorandum being a draft program which has been elaborated by the Russian Government [Page 188] and the United States military attaché, the last three paragraphs of which are as follows:

[Here follow the last three paragraphs of the communication from the Russian Embassy to the Department of State, ante, page 186.]

Department assumes that this is sufficient answer to its 1288 of April 2, and will therefore proceed at once to send the commission of railroad experts to Russia unless hearing immediately from you to the contrary.

Department still awaiting reply to its telegram of a week ago regarding the visit of the other commission.1

Lansing
  1. The Root mission; see telegram No. 1315, Apr. 14, vol. i, p. 107.