File No. 861.77/401
The Chairman of the Advisory Commission of Railway Experts to Russia (Stevens) to the Secretary of State
[Received 7.15 p.m.]
Chinese Eastern pacified until something else comes on. Your cable of 22d.1 Can do nothing on Trans-Baikal until Cossacks fighting Bolsheviks and prisoners drive the latter out. Have reliable information to the effect that Semenov failing Allied support will accept that of Japan alone which I am convinced is very anxious to be given in force and which would make his success quite certain. There is no need of me here and if anything further undertaken elsewhere Emerson and men quite capable of handling. I can not remain idle longer when I feel my services could be of value elsewhere and want to return to United States very soon.