File No. 763.72119/587a
The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in Russia ( Francis)
[Telegram]
Washington,
April 19, 1917, 7 p.m.
1339. Please make full telegraphic report on general conditions in Russia that if facts warrant Department may give to the press for [Page 31] purpose of allaying apprehension, particularly concerning press speculation of possible separate peace.
Lansing