File No. 861.00/1619
The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in France (Sharp)
3600. Department has received report that forty or fifty thousand Czecho-Slovaks will arrive Vladivostok in near future on their way from Russia to France also that first regiment under French general now on Amur Railway and due Vladivostok within ten days. French Consul Vladivostok has no instructions as to maintenance, provisioning or transportation. It is further reported that these troops may aggregate 100,000 in all. This Government can not provide tonnage for transportation across Pacific. Please communicate with French Government and advise result earliest opportunity.