Office of the Historian

File No. 861.00/3347

The Acting Secretary of State to the Consul General at Irkutsk (Harris)1

[Telegram—Extract]
Washington, December 12, 1918, 6 p.m.

… For your information. Allied powers other than the United States have issued statement that they propose to restore order in the Ukraine by lending friendly support and assistance to the authorities established there. It is understood that British and French troops are already arriving at Sevastopol and Odessa for this purpose. …

Polk
  1. Sent via the Legation in China.↩