File No. 704.6361
The Chargé d’Affaires in Russia (Wilson) to the Secretary of State
St. Petersburg, August 1, 1914.
[Received August 2, 11:35 a.m.]
[Telegram]
Have just seen Austrian Ambassador who has received no instructions from Vienna as to declaration of war or breaking of diplomatic relations and thinks telegraphic communication is interrupted. He expects to receive his passports any moment. In the absence of any instructions he has asked me unofficially and on his own responsibility if this Embassy will take charge of Austrian Embassy pending definite instructions from his Government. Though without information, he thinks his Government must have acted in concert with Germany at Washington in this matter. Have replied I can do nothing without definite instructions, which I hereby request. Ambassador has promised to keep me fully informed of all developments.