File No. 861.00/924
The Minister in China (Reinsch) to the Secretary of State
[Telegram]
Peking, January
9, 1918, 5 p.m.
[Received January 9, 4.45 p.m.]
[Received January 9, 4.45 p.m.]
Moser requests authorization Drysdale2 proceed Siberia to gather the information on conditions there as requested your instructions to him. Please instruct Moser directly.
Naval attaché suggests advisability of sending to assist Drysdale a Serbian Colonel Speskov, now here, available, who has offered his services and is thoroughly familiar with the situation, speaking all necessary languages. Please instruct me whether this and necessary expenses are authorized.
Reinsch
- Lieut. Col. W. S. Drysdale, Military Attaché at Peking.↩