Office of the Historian

File No. 861.00/1889

The Minister in China (Reinsch) to the Secretary of State

[Telegram]
Peking, May 28, 1918, 6 p.m.
[Received May 28, 1 p.m.]

Barrows reports Semenov visiting Harbin seems to have come to an understanding with Horvat probably involving Japanese and desires support, as Allied support discontinued. Semenov stated he would take Japanese help very reluctantly but would accept it as a last resort. His action may give Japan the opportunity to bring the new Chinese treaty1 into reality.

Reinsch
  1. See Foreign Relations, 1918, pp. 106 and 222.↩