Office of the Historian

File No. 861.00/1989

The Consul General at Irkutsk (Harris) to the Secretary of State1

[Telegram]
Irkutsk, undated.
[Received June 10, 1918, 3.22 p.m.]

Following from [Emerson and Slaughter,] Suslovo near Mariinsk:

On return Mariinsk June 22 found Czechs and Russians reenforcing, strongly entrenched, 3,500 Czechs, 2,500 Russians ready fight. We attempted mediate, secured armistice until June 10. Now going Vladivostok with Russian and Czech representatives secure final settlement. Russians will never agree permit Czechs proceed fully armed; Czechs want to learn [sic], rear trains safe to [omission]. White Guards Novo Nikolaevsk, Tomsk, Mariinsk, taken advantage [Page 192] situation to arm and take control places named. Czechs refuse permit Russians resume authority places prior their departure. Details by Thomas leaving to-day.

Harris
  1. Sent via the Consulates at Vladivostok and Kobe.↩
  2. See telegram of June 15, 2 p.m., from the Consul at Vladivostok, post, p. 212.↩