File No. 861.77/432b
The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in Japan (Morris)
[Telegram]
Washington, July 10,
1918, 4 p.m.
Please note and repeat to Stevens, now apparently at Harbin:
Consul Vladivostok reports Czecho-Slovak troops in complete possession of Vladivostok and have restored former Zemstvo régime and have now defeated several thousand Red Guards and war prisoners. Department believes you should prepare at once for using men now at Nagasaki and prefers that they should proceed at once to Vladivostok. Ambassador at Tokyo will cooperate fully in any measure you take to move the men.
Lansing