861a.01/4: Telegram
The Consul at Harbin (Jenkins) to the Secretary of State
Harbin, May 27,
1920—5 p.m.
[Received 9:33 p.m.]
[Received 9:33 p.m.]
Ataman Semenoff issued declaration May 24th that Vladivostok government shall be considered as non existent, that all its acts regarding fishing, mining, and forest concession are invalid and that he is legal successor of Kolchak. Will shortly appoint a chief administrator for Far Eastern Siberia.
Group of Russian reactionaries headed by Gondatti recently adopted resolution favoring Japanese intervention and advocating the vesting of supreme authority in East Siberia in one person.
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Jenkins