861.00/4929: Telegram
The Ambassador in Great Britain (Davis) to the Secretary of State
[Received July 29, 1919, 4:58 p.m.]
2645. Following official view of situation in North Russia, which has been confirmed by British War Office, appeared in Times of July 26th.
“There is no immediate danger of a military catastrophe befalling our troops in North Russia. Although the water in the Dvina is now so low that vessels cannot pass along the river, we shall be able to get our craft out of it when the water rises again.
We had decided to withdraw from Russia in any case and the reverse in North Russia may cause us to speed up our plans for doing this. It will be necessary for us to send our troops so that the evacuation operations may be carried through in an orderly way and our military stores saved. The French have already dispatched reinforcements to Russia.”