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Quotes Czecho-Slovak declaration to All-Russian Assembly Chelyabinsk in regard to formation of central power in Russia. Czech and Russian Armies forced to evacuate Kazan.

Red Army and German Army units advancing against Czechs on Volga front, necessitating return of Czech forces. Forwards memorandum on dispatch of Japanese troops to Manchouli.

Omsk government desires Allies to enter Siberia and assist in regaining Russia from Germany. Czechs at Samara in desperate need of supplies. Ekaterinburg threatened by Bolsheviks and Austro-German prisoners.

Quotes telegram of Sept. 13 from the Consul General at Irkutsk. Reports strength of Czech and Russian Armies; increasing power of Omsk government; and activities of armed prisoners. Omsk government seeking recognition. Convention at Ufa attempting to form all-Russian government.

Quotes message from Pavlu, of the Czech National Council, on the situation at the Volga and Ekaterinburg fronts.

Conversation with the Italian Ambassador on the appointment of an Italian high commissioner to Siberia.

Quotes Czech commander at Chelyabinsk reporting desperate situation on Volga and seeking Allied reinforcements.

Russian Ambassador seeks military supplies and financial help, especially for the government at Omsk.

Committee formed to secure and distribute supplies to the CzechoSlovak forces.

Allied help.

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To the British Chargé

From the British Chargé

2 From the Consul at Vladivostok (tel.) Oct. 2 From the Ambassador in France

Czechs and Russians opposing Bolsheviks at Samara need supplies and Allied aid.

Suggests that advice of Czech commander be sought in proposed military training of Russians. Suggestion of convention to deal with economic or political issues of the Associated powers in Siberia.

Quotes letter of Sept. 29 from 402
Girsa, of the Czech National
Council.

Suggests that the United States
supply clothing to the volunteer
Russian, Polish, and Jugo-Slav
troops.
Forwards Balfour's telegram of
Oct. 2, replying to U. S. state-
ment of Sept. 26 and giving Brit-
ish reasons for aiding military
forces in Russia.
Discussion of financial aid to the
Omsk government by France,
Great Britain, and the United
States.

Appeal for at least 100 U. S. sol-
diers in Urals to encourage
Czecho-Slovaks.

Formation by the National Confer-
ence at Ufa of an all-Russian gov-
ernment. Enclosure: text of act.
Evacuation of Samara and its con-
sequences to the Allies.

Nature and extent of U. S. military
and economic assistance to Russia
and the Czecho-Slovak forces.
Views upon necessity for U. S. mili-
tary support of Czecho-Slovak
and Russian forces.
Recommends encouragement to the
Ufa Directory. Enclosure: draft
of reply to request for recognition.
The United States is not prepared
to recognize political movements
at Ufa or elsewhere in Russia.
Summary of political situation in
Siberia and suggested policy.

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Instructions to report on conditions in Siberia and on the Volga front and to authorize consuls to assist local governments.

Fusion of provisional Siberian government with all-Russian Directory.

Refusal by Japan of British request for additional forces in Siberia.

Quotes Ambassador Francis's appeal to Poles to throw off German yoke. Czecho-Slovak attitude thereto.

Reports activities of Semenov at Chita and of Japanese at Chita and in Manchuria.

Views on the vitality of the governments at Omsk and Ufa and on U. S. policy in Siberia. Forwards message from officials of the Ufa Directory appealing to President Wilson and the Allied powers for aid. Reports military and political conditions in Irkutsk, Omsk, Ufa, and Chita.

Plans for control by Japan and the United States of war prisoners in the Maritime and Amur Provinces. Bolshevik uprising in Tomsk quelled by Siberian troops.

U. S. policy of nonrecognition of political groups at Ufa and elsewhere in Russia and plans for economic aid.

Quotes formula governing relations of the British and French high commissioners with the all-Russian Directorate at Omsk. Reported occupation by Japanese troops of every entrance into Siberia and Manchuria. Reported alliance of Japanese General Staff with Cossack leaders independent of Horvat and the Siberian government.