125.3516/12–2446: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in the Soviet Union (Smith)
2175. Concluded arrangement with Soviet authorities whereby telegrams in code or clear from Dairen to Dept may be filed via Soviet military facilities to Vladivostok. Henceforth American Consul Dairen will address all telegrams for the Dept to American Consul General Vladivostok who in turn will send these telegrams to Dept via existing commercial facilities Vladivostok to be routed via direct Press Wireless Khabarovsk-US circuit. Believed this routing improvement over present route via Moscow which entails average 10 days delay with considerable garbling. Dept will continue sending Dairen traffic via Shanghai broadcast Morse facilities. Suggest Dairen initiate test message immediately.