File No. 861.00/828
The Consul General at Moscow (Summers) to the Secretary of State
[Telegram]
Moscow, December
15, 1917, 4 p.m.
[Received December 16, 4 p.m.]
[Received December 16, 4 p.m.]
125. In view of decided [decisive?] events we have observed Don section, am sending Poole unofficially to Rostov ostensibly to investigate commercial situation but in reality to advise the Department of what is occurring. I have authorized him to telegraph Department direct in case of necessity. Please give most careful consideration his telegrams as the Don and Ukrainian sections chiefly deciding factors in restoring peace in Russia.
Summers