File No. 861.77/413
The Chairman of the Advisory Commission of Railway Experts to Russia (Stevens) to the Secretary of State
[Telegram]
Harbin, June 5,
1918, 6 p.m.
[Received June 5, 5.15 p.m.]
[Received June 5, 5.15 p.m.]
Your June 3, 4 p.m. Certainly I shall not leave my post as long as you think my services will help. I want to be exceedingly frank and say that an attempt to assist through the Soviet would be a serious mistake. All the reports from Siberia confirm increasing weakness. Czech soldiers en route east now successfully fighting them and having [prevailed?] will force their passage to the French front.
Stevens