861a.01/–: Telegram

The Chargé in China ( Tenney ) to the Secretary of State

110. A telegram from Verkhnieudinsk announces the organization of the Far Eastern Republic. A. M. Krasnoshchekoff minister for foreign affairs, N. Paltova secretary of government. A constituent assembly is stated to be in session at Verkhnieudinsk. The constituent assembly proclaims:

1.
The territories of Trans-Baikal, Amur, Primorskaia, Sakhalin, Kamchatka and the right of way of the Chinese Eastern Railway to be an independent state under republican form of government.
2.
Democratic liberties guaranteed to all classes of society.
3.
Representatives to be elected of all political parties and nationalities living upon the territory of the republic. A constitutional convention to be assembled.
4.
Amnesty promised to the soldiers of Kolchak and Semenoff if they lay down arms. Capital punishment abolished.
5.
All governments requested to send official representatives.

The provisional government states the necessity of:

1.
The Red Army of the Russian Soviet Government cease eastern march at an agreed point.
2.
That no aid or support be given by any foreign country, especially by the expeditionary forces of Japan, to the remnant of the reactionary forces concentrated at Chita.
[3.]
That the road be opened for the new government to enter Chita.
4.
That friendly relations be at once established between the republic and the Allied Powers.
5.
That foreign expeditionary forces leave the country.

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