760p.61/6: Telegram
The Commissioner at Riga (Young) to the Secretary of State
[Received August 13—9:40 a.m.]
107. Latvian-Bolshevik peace treaty follows closely similar treaties with Esthonia and Lithuania. Russia advances 4,000,000 gold roubles, agrees to return postal, telegraph, telephone, marine and railway material, releases Latvia from responsibility Russian debts and grants timber concessions. Both parties agree to conclude commercial, transit and consular conventions. Mailing today translation of the complete treaty.44
Both countries planning to maintain for the present commercial representatives only.
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