861.00/3806: Telegram
The Minister in China ( Reinsch ) to the Acting Secretary of State
[Received February 5, 1919, 1:25 p.m.]
Following from [Harris at] Omsk.
“90, February 4, 11 a.m. Situation at Kungur. General Gaida now commanding section Russian theater has issued statement which shows that this front decidedly better. Claims they have entirely broken up the two Bolshevik divisions threatening this point, capturing guns, machine guns, and prisoners. General Pepelyaev is holding firm at Perm. Feeling in Ekaterinburg apparently much better. First shock of definite news that Czechs were leaving is wearing off and this, taken together with better news from various fronts, seems to have stimulated population. Belief is gaining strength that Russians may hold even if Czechs withdraw. Harris.”