Office of the Historian

861.00/3791: Telegram

The Minister in China (Reinsch) to the Acting Secretary of State52

Peking, undated.
[Received February 3, 1919, 10:15 a.m.]

Following from [Harris at] Omsk.

“76. February 1, 3 a.m.

On January 29th Kolchak took oath of office before the Senate in Omsk and solemnly declared that the high power conferred upon him by the Council of Ministers would be relinquished to the All-Russian Government which would be created by a properly constituted constituent assembly. Harris.”

Reinsch
  1. Repeated to the Commission to Negotiate Peace as Department’s no. 629, Feb. 8, 2 p.m.↩