Siberia and Manchuria-Continued

No.

Date

From and to whom

1918

Subject

No justification for change of U. S.
policy regarding intervention in
Siberia.
Department's circular telegram of
May 29, expressing sympathy for
Czecho-Slovaks and Jugo-Slavs
sent to Chicherin. Soviet order
to disarm Czechs.

Further clashes between Soviet and
Czecho-Slovaks at Chelyabinsk
and elsewhere.

Good offices of American and
French consuls in arbitrating be-
tween Czech and Soviet forces
after clash near Irkutsk. Enclos-
ure: text of agreement.
Soviet officials demand complete
disarmament of Czecho-Slovaks.
Use of Chinese soil as base for hos-
tile military operations by Rus-
sian faction may embarrass China.
Soviet government to be informed
of attitude of Associated Govern-
ments towards disarmament of
Czecho-Slovaks.

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CONSIDERATION OF INTERVENTION BY THE AMERICAN GOVERNMENT-DEVELOPMENT OF THE CZECHO-SLOVAKS' CONFLICT WITH SOVIET FORCES-PROTEST OF THE ALLIED AND AMERICAN REPRESENTATIVES AGAINST THE DISARMAMENT OF THE CZECHO-SLOVAKS-GOOD OFFICES OF AMERICAN OFFICIALS-FORMATION OF THE TEMPORARY SIBERIAN GOVERNMENT AT OMSK

Siberia and Manchuria—Continued

REQUEST OF THE CZECHO-SLOVAK LEADERS FOR AID IN ESTABLISHING A NEW EASTERN FRONT OVERTHROW OF THE VLADIVOSTOK SOVIET BY THE CZECHOSLOVAKS LANDING OF AMERICAN MARINES-PROCLAMATION of the PROTECTION OF VLADIVOSTOK BY COMMANDERS OF ALLIED AND ASSOCIATED FORCESPROCLAMATION OF A GOVERNMENT BY HORVAT: CONTROVERSY WITH OTHER POLITICAL ORGANIZATIONS

the Czecho-
Slovak Nat'l
Council to the
Soviet Foreign
Commissar (tel.)

June 25 From the Consul
at Vladivostok
(tel.)
June 25 From the Consul
at Vladivostok
(tel.): for Mili-
tary Staff

June 26 From Mr. Alex-
andre Konova-
loff

June 26 From Admiral
Knight to the

Secretary of the
Navy (tel.)

June 26 From the Minis-
ter in China
(tel.)

June 27 From the Assist

ant Secretary

of State

Allied aid urged for Czecho-Slovak
troops to enable them to return
westward to assist their fellows.
Increasing strength of armed pris-
oners. Proposal for a Siberian
army with Czecho-Slovaks as nu-
cleus.

use of

Views on proposed inter-Allied ac-
tion in Siberia, Japanese troops
predominating, and on
Czecho-Slovak troops.
Czecho-Slovak National Council
describe the situation of their
military forces in Siberia and ask
Allied help.

China seeks U. S. views on action to
be taken regarding Russian forces
which crossed Chinese boundary.
Sookine plans an Allied and Ameri-
can commission to restore order
in Russia.

June 27 From the Diplo-Source of statement alleged to have

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Officer, Su

been made by Colonel House on
Japanese intervention in Siberia.