861.00/5581: Telegram

The Chargé in China (Tenney) to the Secretary of State

[From Harris at Omsk:]

457. General Dietrichs has resigned as commander of Siberian Army and has been succeeded by General Sakharoff. General Kappel has been placed in charge of third army.

Weather has turned extremely cold. To-day thermometer registers 15° below zero Reaumur. Since occupation of Petropavlovsk by Bolsheviki practically no change in military operations. Preparations for evacuation of Omsk by diplomatic and military missions now actively progressing.

Tenney