File No. 861.00/1056
The Consul at Helsingfors (Haynes) to the Secretary of State
[Received February 2, 6.45 a.m.]
19. Your January 29, 4 p.m. Believe bourgeoisie who will probably engage Red Guards at Tavastehus will regain power. As culminating center of the struggle, it is feared Helsingfors may be [Page 747] sacked and bombarded by Russian fleet in harbor. Old yachts of the Tsar of Russia, Standard and Polar Star, in port hotbeds anarchy and Bolshevikism. Fifteen Americans here. Fortunately Consulate is very near harbor. Gratitude for your solicitude; will remain at my post. Please telegraph wife not to be uneasy. Hope you received my January 30, 11 a.m., and January 26, 4 p.m.1
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