861.77/829: Telegram
The American member of the Inter-Allied Railway Committee (Smith) to the Acting Secretary of State, transmitted by the Consul at Vladivostok (Caldwell)
Vladivostok, May 3, 1919,
5 p.m.
[Received May 4, 4:54 p.m.]
[Received May 4, 4:54 p.m.]
273. [From Smith:]
May 2d Committee unanimously passed resolution that only railway representatives Technical Board have right to hold trains except where no representatives present. Others may hold train if conditions ahead dangerous but Technical Board must immediately be notified. General Khorvat agreed. Resolution passed because General Ivanoff-Rinoff has been searching trains claiming contents may be Bolsheviki munitions.
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Caldwell