File No. 861.51/491a

The Counselor for the Department of State (Polk) to the Russian Financial Attaché (Ughet)

Sir: I beg to inform you that this Department, after conference with the Treasury Department, sees no objection to the payment of interest due to-day on $25,000,000 of Russian bonds held in this country by banks and private individuals.

I am [etc.]

Frank L. Polk