861.00/4980: Telegram
The Minister in China (Reinsch) to the Secretary of State
[Received August 8, 1919.]
From [Harris at] Omsk.
“349. August 6, 5 p.m. Referring to Department’s July 29, 5 p.m.63 From best obtainable sources Rozanoff has reactionary leanings. While he has not openly declared himself in favor of a monarchy, yet he has stated that the Russian people are at present absolutely incapable of democratic self-government. While at Krasnoyarsk last winter he inaugurated policy of shooting large number of Bolsheviks in retaliation for Bolshevik raids [upon?] railway.
Semenoff who has been made major general by Kolchak at Japanese instigation, is to serve as Rozanoff’s [omission] in Far East. Harris.”
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