Office of the Historian

861.00/8430: Telegram

The Chargé in Japan (Bell) to the Secretary of State

Tokyo, April 1, 1921—noon.
[Received April 1—10:07 a.m.]

123. My 122 April 1, 11 a.m. Military attaché has been informed by the War Office that fighting was started by Kappel29 troops at Vladivostok and Nikolsk in an attempt to overthrow Vladivostok government and that both factions were disarmed by Japanese troops who will allow no further fighting in the zone which they occupy.

Bell
  1. Gen. V. O. Kappel, who died early in 1920, had commanded troops in support of Admiral Kolchak.↩