Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, 1918, Russia, Volume III

File No. 861.77/303

The Consul General at Yokohama (Scidmore) to the Secretary of State

[Telegram]

Yokohama, February 26, 1918, 3 p.m.
[Received February 27, 4.50 a.m.]

[From Stevens:]

A section of Emerson contingent leaves Japan 27th rail through Chosen. Other sections will follow daily. Entire movement 200 completed into Harbin March 6. I shall go there quickly. I shall strictly follow the policy of trying to help Russia regardless of factions. I have favorable report the result of our labor conferences with committees railway workers Chinese Eastern, Trans-Baikal, Tomsk railways.

Scidmore