861.01/29: Telegram
The Minister in China (Reinsch) to the Acting Secretary of State
[Received January 24, 1919, 12:44 p.m.]
Following from [Harris at] Omsk.
“51. January 24, 8 p.m. Sir Charles Eliot50 has officially stated to the Foreign Office here on behalf of his Government that, inasmuch as the Omsk Government now represents the highest Russian power, Great Britain expresses its warmest sympathy with Kolchak endeavors to create a free Russian Government on the basis of public confidence as only under such conditions can Russia return to its former place among the nations and partake in the upbuilding of civilization.
On January 21 Ambassador Regnault51 handed Kolchak a communication from the French Government in which it expressed its pleasure at the union which has been attained between the Denikin and Kolchak governments. At the same time the French Government [Page 328] expressed satisfaction at the choice of Sazonoff as the common Minister of Foreign Affairs of both. They point out way for the recognition of Admiral Kolchak. Harris.”