861.00/5728: Telegram
The President of the Technical Board (Stevens) to the Secretary of State
Harbin, November 24,
1919, 10 a.m.
[Received 6:11 a.m.]
[Received 6:11 a.m.]
Information previous cables confirmed Reds at Omsk captured 35,000 soldiers, 10 generals, 1,000 officers, 2,000 machine guns, 3,000,000 shells, 1,000,000 rifles, shells, uniforms and equipment for 30,000 men, 16 armored trains. Kolchak army is entirely demoralized and scattered. Czechs have all left Novo Nicholas [Novo Nikolaievsk] and foreigners with them. It is probable that Reds will capture 157 trains now on the way east. I see no chance for the Government.
Stevens