File No. 861.00/2390
The Acting Secretary of State to the Consul at Vladivostok (Caldwell)
[Telegram]
Washington, July 31,
1918, 6 p.m.
Admiral Knight telegraphs Bolsheviks won control in city election. Department desires information concerning causes of this, part played by rivalry of autonomous Siberian and Horvat governments and by pro-German elements, and effect on local situation. Who is Czecho-Slovak commander? Department desires further information concerning Czecho-Slovak request for assistance Japanese torpedo boats at Nikolaevsk.
Polk