Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, 1917, Supplement 2, The World War, Volume I

File No. 861.51/225

The Ambassador in Russia ( Francis) to the Secretary of State

[Telegram—Extract]

Petrograd, October 14, 1917, 7 p.m.
[Received October 19, 5.15 a.m.]

1864.

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Impressed Roumanian Minister, often also Vopicka, with the necessity of having Washington authorized agent to sign obligations. Angelescu, Roumanian Minister to United States, whom I urged to go direct to Washington instead of stopping in London two weeks, as planned, as did Vopicka when both were here September 8. Allied Ambassadors had three meetings on Roumanian needs, another Tuesday. Shall cable conclusion when reached.

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Francis