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The Minister in China ( Crane ) to the Secretary of State

213. Mission of Far Eastern Republic presents strong protest against recent Japanese coup in Vladivostok, states it considers all nations participating in Allied intervention in Siberia are equally responsible for grave consequences of that intervention and hopes that the United States will consider it its duty to do everything in its power to effect early withdrawal of Japanese troops from Russian territory. Mission states similar protest being lodged with the British Legation.

Crane