861.77/1729: Telegram
The Minister in Czechoslovakia ( Crane ) to the Secretary of State
[Received September 27—1:16 a.m.]
230. Your 102, September 17, 7 p.m., 103, September 17, 8 p.m., and 104, September 18, 5 p.m.90 It is the opinion of the Minister [Page 570] of Foreign Affairs that this account would come either under an agreement which he says was made at the Peace Conference for England and America each to pay 50 per cent of the transportation of Czecho-Slovak troops from Siberia to Czechoslovakia, or under an agreement he also states was made at the Peace Conference arranged through French, for the Allies to pay one-half of the expense of maintenance of Czech troops in Russia and Czechoslovakia to pay the other half. Benes promises to give the matter prompt attention. I shall report further.
- None printed; see telegram no. 84, July 15, to the Minister in Czechoslovakia, supra. ↩