File No. 861.77/150
The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in Russia (Francis)
1652. For Stevens [from Willard]:
Replying to your cable 1624 dated Petrograd August 13. Spare parts being shipped as rapidly as can be made after ordered by Russian Mission. Two hundred seventy-five of the 375 decapods mentioned will be shipped by September 1, remaining 100 by end September or early October. Baldwin expects complete all Russian locomotives their orders 475 in number February 1, 1918, also all extra parts including 53 narrow-gauge Mallet locomotives. American Locomotive Co. uncertain. Will endeavor advance this delivery. We assure you everything possible is being done to advance delivery Russian locomotives and spare parts.