861.00/5352: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Consul General at Irkutsk (Harris), temporarily at Omsk
Washington, October 16,
1919, 5 p.m.
Your 4787 [414], October 7, 8 p.m.77 I am gratified to learn that the Government at Omsk wholly repudiates the action of military officers at Khabarovsk in arresting and mistreating American soldiers.
In advising Russian Embassy at Washington of this message the Department has pointed out however that the incident is not herewith closed. It is expected on the contrary that the promised investigation will be made and those found guilty of this outrage properly punished.
Lansing