Mr. Riddle to Mr.
Hay.
Embassy
of the United States,
St.
Petersburg, July 30,
1902.
No. 592.]Sir: I have the honor to inclose herewith, for
the information of future travelers, copy and translation of a note from
the minister for foreign affairs, announcing that special permission is
no longer required to travel on the Trans-Caspian Railway.
I have, etc.,
J. W. Riddle,
Chargé d’Affaires ad
interim.
[Inclosure.—Translation.]
Count Lamsdorff
to Mr. Riddle.
Ministry for Foreign Affairs,
First Department, July 15 (28), 1902.
No. 3843.]Mr. Chargé d’affaires: In reply to your
note of the 1st (14th) July, I have the honor to inform you that
foreigners desiring to visit our possessions in Central Asia are no
longer obliged to obtain special permission, and that travelers may,
in consequence, freely sojourn in those regions, with the exception
of the towns of Koushk, Termez, and Kerki, and the custom-house
stations situated on the Amu Daria above Kerki.
Tchikichliar, Tchatly, the military posts on the Atrek and on the
line from Koushk to Ak-rabat, as well as the railway from Merv to
Koushk, are likewise closed to travelers.
I take this occasion, etc.,
