861.00/6496: Telegram
The Consul at Harbin (Jenkins) to the Acting Secretary of State
Harbin, March 4,
1920—4 p.m.
[Received 10:38 p.m.]
[Received 10:38 p.m.]
According to the Czechs, Semenoff forces showing signs of breaking up. It is believed Semenoff will try to escape to Urga in Mongolia. Three thousand Bolshevik troops are reported near station Olovyannaya 60 miles east of Chita. Part of Semenoff troops concentrating at station Dauria near Manchurian frontier. Many Russian officers presumably former Koichak and Semenoff men are straggling into Harbin.
Jenkins