The Avalon Project at Yale Law School

Foreign Relations of the United States : 1918
The November Revolution
The Ambassador in Russia (Francis) to the Secretary of State

File No. 861.00/646

The Ambassador in Russia (Francis) to the Secretary of State (1)

[Telegram]

PETROGRAD, November 10, 1917, 11 p.m.

[Received November 12, 2.35 a.m.]

1972. All ministers released except Minister of Foreign Affairs and Minister of Trade and Commerce. Of course we should make no loans to Russia at present.

Kerensky said to be within five miles of Petrograd but nothing definite is known, not even if armed resistance will be [offered].

FRANCIS

(1) Sent via the Legation in Sweden (No. 974). Back