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The Vice Consul on Special Detail at Chita (Thomas) to the Secretary of State
Chita, November 15,
1922—10 a.m.
[Received November 19—3:06 a.m.]
[Received November 19—3:06 a.m.]
On November 14 after speeches in the popular assembly in favor of union with Soviet Russia the Government of the Far Eastern Republic renounced its power. The popular assembly then unanimously passed a law to repeal the constitution of the Far Eastern Republic, to dissolve the popular assembly, to appoint a revolutionary committee to take over the power, and to apply to Moscow to be taken in as an integral part of Soviet Russia. A revolutionary committee was elected of which Kobozeff is President and Janson a member.
Thomas