[Quoted July 6 From the Consul July 7 From the Ambassador in Japan (tel.) 250 July 8 From the Consul at Vladivostok Views on conditions under Bolshe- Asks aid for Czechs in struggle Conference at White House on Si- Instructions to keep Vladivostok 261 262 263 Quotes instructions of July 6 of 263 273 264 Czecho-Slovaks take Nikolsk. Al- Japan will present machine guns Transmits communication to the July 8 Memorandum___ Discussion with the Japanese Am bassador of the Siberian program Interview with British, French, and 265 265 267 274 268 269 Siberia and Manchuria-Continued No. Date From and to whom Subject Forwards text of proclamation of July 6 announcing Vladivostok temporarily under protection of the Allied and Associated powers. Requests instructions on attitude to be taken toward transportation of Czech troops over the Chinese Eastern Railway. Quotes appeal to President Wilson of Russian political organizations in Paris for aid in expelling Germans from Russia. Quotes telegram of July 6 from the Consul at Harbin. Quotes telegram of July 8 from the Consul at Harbin. Chinese attitude toward Horvat's troops and toward management of railways. Formation of the provisional government of autonomous Siberia. Presents telegram from British Foreign Secretary regarding increase of British forces at Vladivostok. Horvat's plan to establish Grand Duke Michael as constitutional monarch. Presents telegram from British Foreign Secretary urging support by the U.S.S. Brooklyn for the Czechs at Vladivostok. Presents telegram from British Foreign Secretary stating purpose of steps taken at Vladivostok. Presents telegram from British Foreign Secretary quoting his message to France on Allied protection of Vladivostok. Interview with the Italian Ambassador on an inter-Allied expedition in Siberia. Members of Social Revolutionary Party appeal through United Press for Allied intervention. Advice of Allied representatives to Horvat on his new government and the passage of Czechs through Manchuria. Message from Harbin Consulate, July 10. Quotes message of July 9 from Harbin. Quotes message of July 11 from Harbin. Difficulties between Czecho-Slovaks and Horvat in the Maritime Province. Aid to Horvat from Japan. Page 270 271 272 273 274 278 278 274 279 274 275 275 275 276 277 278 279 280 Subject Quotes undated telegram from Har- vat. Reports that Japan considers occu- An estimate of the Siberian gov- ward. Page 280 281 281 281 282 283 283 284 284 285 AMERICAN PROPOSALS FOR MILITARY ACTION, JULY 17, 1918: DISCUSSION WITH THE JAPANESE AND BRITISH GOVERNMENTS CHINESE REQUEST FOR PARTICIPATION-RIVALRY OF LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS July 28 From the French Ambassador 308 Financial assistance by France, Great Britain, and the United States for the Czecho-Slovak troops in Siberia. Account of the seizure of Irkutsk from the Bolsheviks by the CzechoSlovaks, and the latter's control of the Siberian Railway. Attitude toward Chinese control of railroad within Manchuria and contingent of Chinese troops at Vladivostok. Siberian provisional government requests public declaration of Allied purposes and recall of Allied officers now with Horvat. Presents Balfour's memorandum of July 29 answering the American statement of July 17 relative to intervention in Russia. Instructions not to modify attitude toward Horvat's political activi ties. Quotes report of July 19 from the Vice Consul at Samara. Japanese Embassy reports disorders at Khabarovsk and Nikolaevsk and the dispatch of torpedo boats to the latter. 309 314 315 315 317 317 318 |