861.77/1828: Telegram
The Minister in Czechoslovakia ( Crane ) to the Secretary of State
[Received 11:03 p.m.]
268. My 230, September 24th, 6 p.m., and 244, October 9th, 1 p.m.91 Inasmuch as the Allies agreed to furnish material means necessary for subsistence of its army in Siberia, the Czecho-Slovak Government feels that it is justified in asking that they also meet the expenses incurred on the Chinese Railway and furthermore that it would be practically impossible to pay the account at this time. The Government’s attitude is that the matter should come under the second agreement described in my 230, September 24th, 6 p.m., and that it cannot pay its half or any portion thereof now. I am forwarding by next pouch a copy of a note from the French Foreign Office dated August 18th, 1919,92 upon which this agreement is based. I am also sending a copy to the Embassy Paris and repeating this telegram.