Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, 1918, Russia, Volume III
Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, 1918, Russia, Volume III
Editor:
- Joseph V. Fuller
General Editor:
- Tyler Dennett
United States Government Printing Office
Washington
1932
- List of Principal Persons
- List of Papers
- Russia
Economic Relations (Documents 1–478)- Chapter I. Loans to the Provisional Government—Soviet Financial
Decrees (Documents 1–79)
- Offer of a credit to the Russian Provisional Government, April 3,
1917—Credit of one hundred million dollars established for the purchase
of supplies, May 16, 1917—Special credit of seventy-five million dollars
established for the payment of forces in Finland, July 17,
1917—Additional credits of one hundred million, August 23, 1917, and
fifty million, October 12, 1917—Negotiations for further credits (Documents 1–43)
- Decree of the Soviet government repudiating all foreign state loans,
February 3, 1918: Protest by the Diplomatic Corps at Petrograd;
resolution of the Inter-Allied Council—Measures interfering with
banking—Decree requiring registration of all securities, April 20,
1918—Assumption of the service of the Russian debt by the British
Government; use of bank balances and receipts for this purpose by the
Russian Embassy in the United States—Discontinuance of payments by the
British Government; impounding of Russian assets—Postponement of
interest due to the American Government; continuance of payment on bonds
held by private investors (Documents 44–79)
- Offer of a credit to the Russian Provisional Government, April 3,
1917—Credit of one hundred million dollars established for the purchase
of supplies, May 16, 1917—Special credit of seventy-five million dollars
established for the payment of forces in Finland, July 17,
1917—Additional credits of one hundred million, August 23, 1917, and
fifty million, October 12, 1917—Negotiations for further credits (Documents 1–43)
- Chapter II. Efforts to Stabilize Russian Currency (Documents 80–125)
- Proposals for financial assistance to the provisional government of
the northern region and for the provision of currency in connection with
Allied and American operations in Russia—British plan of an office of
conversion at Archangel issuing notes based on sterling deposits (Documents 80–93)
- American plan of an all-Russian currency based on commodity
transactions—Execution of the British plan with American consent;
difficulties encountered—French plan for a similar emergency currency
issue in Siberia—Protest by the Russian Ambassador against measures
taken without consultation of the Omsk government—Shipment to
Vladivostok of notes printed in the United States for the Provisional
Government detained by the American Government (Documents 94–125)
- Proposals for financial assistance to the provisional government of
the northern region and for the provision of currency in connection with
Allied and American operations in Russia—British plan of an office of
conversion at Archangel issuing notes based on sterling deposits (Documents 80–93)
- Chapter III. Commercial Relations and Relief (Documents 126–260)
- Restriction of exports to Russia after the revolution of November
1917—Limited shipments of nonmilitary goods permitted—Projects for
buying up supplies in Russia to prevent their acquisition by Germany;
organization of the “Goods Exchange” (Tovaro-Obmien)—Measures for relief in Archangel and
Manchuria (Documents 126–185)
- American project of an economic and educational mission to Siberia,
July 17, 1918—Organization in England of the Siberian Supply
Co.—Arrangements with the Allies for provisioning the northern
region—Consent of the United States to British control of neutral trade
with northern Russia (Documents 186–207)
- Establishment of the War Trade Board of the United States Russian
Bureau, Inc., November 5, 1918—Refusal of sanction for relief in
cooperation with Soviet authorities—Accomplishments of the “Goods
Exchange” (Tovaro-Obmien) (Documents 208–233)
- Chinese embargo on exports to Siberia: withdrawal at the instance of
the United States (Documents 234–260)
- Restriction of exports to Russia after the revolution of November
1917—Limited shipments of nonmilitary goods permitted—Projects for
buying up supplies in Russia to prevent their acquisition by Germany;
organization of the “Goods Exchange” (Tovaro-Obmien)—Measures for relief in Archangel and
Manchuria (Documents 126–185)
- Chapter IV. Assistance in Railway Transportation (Documents 261–461)
- Arrangements for an American commission under John F. Stevens to investigate and
advise regarding operation of the Trans-Siberian Railway and to control
the forwarding of American supplies through Vladivostok, April
1917—Measures to expedite the delivery of railway material ordered in
the United States—Arrival of the commission at Petrograd, June 12, 1917;
arrangements for its work—Request for a force of American operators and
shopmen as instructors—Improvements effected by the
commission—Designation of Stevens
as adviser for the entire Russian railway system (Documents 261–307)
- Uncertainty as to operations following the November
revolution—Departure from the United States of the Russian Railway
Service Corps under Col. George
Emerson, November 18, 1917; arrival at Vladivostok,
December 14, 1917; withdrawal to Nagasaki accompanied by Stevens (Documents 308–334)
- Establishment of Stevens and a
portion of the Railway Service Corps at Harbin for service on the
Chinese Eastern Railway—Recommendation of Ambassador Francis that railway units be sent to
European Russia for cooperation with Soviet authorities—Emerson’s departure for
Vologda—Transfer of the remainder of the Railway Service Corps to
Vladivostok following seizure by the Czecho-Slovaks (Documents 335–382)
- Proposal by the American Government to place Stevens in charge of the Trans-Siberian
and Chinese Eastern Railways, August 30, 1918—Objections by the Japanese
Government—Approval of the American plan by France and Italy—Reference
of the question by Great Britain to agreement between the United States
and Japan (Documents 383–427)
- Plan for management of the railways by Stevens, October 13, 1918—Japanese objections and
counter-proposal for an inter-Allied committee with an advisory
technical board headed by Stevens, December 2, 1918—Objections by Stevens—Acceptance of the Japanese plan with
modifications making the technical board administrative, January 9,
1919 (Documents 428–461)
- Arrangements for an American commission under John F. Stevens to investigate and
advise regarding operation of the Trans-Siberian Railway and to control
the forwarding of American supplies through Vladivostok, April
1917—Measures to expedite the delivery of railway material ordered in
the United States—Arrival of the commission at Petrograd, June 12, 1917;
arrangements for its work—Request for a force of American operators and
shopmen as instructors—Improvements effected by the
commission—Designation of Stevens
as adviser for the entire Russian railway system (Documents 261–307)
- Chapter V. Treatment of Russian Shipping (Documents 462–478)
- Chapter I. Loans to the Provisional Government—Soviet Financial
Decrees (Documents 1–79)
- Index