Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, 1921, Volume II

861.00/8729: Telegram

The Chargé in Japan (Bell) to the Secretary of State

Tokyo, June 19, 1921—6 p.m.
[Received June 19—2:10 p.m.]

211. Abbott telegraphs from Chita under date of June 17th that the town is quiet and that Ungern’s⁵⁰ forces were confronted [defeated] by RedArmy near Verkhneudinsk June 6th.

Bell

50. Baron Ungern Sternberg, formerly a captain in the Russian Imperial Army, was advancing from Urga, in Mongolia, which he had captured in February 1921.