861.00/4920: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Consul General at Irkutsk (Harris), temporarily at Omsk
Washington, August 5,
1919, 5 p.m.
For Morris.
Your July 24, 4 p.m.62 Department believes it would be a serious step, militating definitely against the purpose of the Associated Governments to assist Russia in Siberia, were Semenoff promoted to a full generalship. If you deem it advisable you may say this emphatically both to Kolchak and to Japanese.
Lansing