File No. 861.77/445
The Chairman of the Advisory Commission of Railway Experts to Russia (Stevens) to the Secretary of State
[Telegram]
Harbin, August
13, 1918, 11 a.m.
[Received August 14, 1 a.m.]
[Received August 14, 1 a.m.]
Your cable August 10, 3 p.m. Nagasaki contingent arrived Vladivostok August 11, 8 p.m. Now quartered there. Russian Ambassador should promptly cable officials to allow us to cooperate fully, as they are indifferent. We have no shadow of authority. Suggest Department advise Czechs directly we are ready to aid every possible way. I am mixed with no political faction simply trying to work with railway authorities. Very difficult as every faction is claiming jurisdiction.
Stevens