811.20261/15: Telegram
The Acting Secretary of State to the Minister in Norway (Schmedeman)
702. Your 1569 February 10th, noon. American Consul Vladivostok cables following:
“102, February 28, 6 P.M. American authorities here have not detained anyone and neither Ambassador Morris, General Graves nor myself can think of any incident which could be distorted into such an absurd rumor by any stretch of imagination unless it might be due to Kalmikoff’s Cossacks taking refuge with American detachment while assuming [sic] Khabarovsk as reported, but these men have not been arrested or detained, they have been free to leave at any time.”
Please ask Norwegian Government to convey this information to Bolshevik authorities.