File No. 861.51/238a
The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in Russia (Francis)
[Telegram]
Washington, October
29, 1917, 3 p.m.
1806. Your 1904, October 24, 7 p.m. Rumored cession of Kamchatka Peninsula to United States for Rs. 20,000,000 [sic] without any foundation whatsoever. United States has arranged certain loans and credits with free Russia founded exclusively on credit of Russian Government and for the single purpose of cooperating in our common struggle against the autocratic militarism of Germany. The President has already announced to the world that the United States has no desire to add to its own territory.
Lansing