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Answering the inquiry of the American Ambassador I pointed
out to him and ask you to do it that the measures taken by you such as
the stationing of guards do not purpose to limit the immunity of the
Diplomatic Corps, but are on the contrary safeguarding their safety. As
à matter of fact the whiteguard bands are erring across Northern Russis
making unexpectedly their appearance at different places. Moreover the
danger of a left-social-revolutionist provocationary manoeuvre has to
be taken into account. In our possession there are direct indications
concerning the preparations of an attempt from their quarter to be made
in Vologda. There is also an accumulation of German prisoners of war
in Vologda.

When I was writing about the impossibility of the Ambassadors
remaining at Vologda, I had in mind the actual impossibility resulting
from the state of affairs in this place and which is outside the reach of
our control. ‘The English offensive against Soroki, towards Sumski
Possad, i. e. eastwards in the direction of Onega which has no relation
whatsoever to the danger threatening from the direction of Finland,
and the fusillades of membres of the Kem soviet are causing such excitement
 in the broad popular masses that sudden outbreaks against the
English are possiblei and every day of unnecessary sejourn of the Ambagsadors
 in Vologda is pregnant with the possibility of a catastrophe
which we cannot quietly envisage and are obliged to avert.
If for some reason or other Moscow is not to the liking of the Ambassadors
 we can offer them near Moscow beautiful and convenient
villas. I applied in my first telegram a more determinate tone for the
reason that Mr. Francis told Vosnesensky that they are not going to
Moscow in order that it might not be understood as a change of policy
on their part which actually did not take place. Taking into consideration
 this statement of Mr. Francis I pointed the actual impossibility
which stands outside the reach of our control of their remaining at Vologda
 as thereby the possibility is eliminated of their leaving for Moscow
being interpreted as a change of policy of the Allies. I would ask you
to continue explaining to the Ambassadors this our view emphasising at
the same time that our actions do not purpose to insult the dignity of
the nations represented by the Diplomatic Corps but present merely
the fulfilment of the duty devolving upon us as of averting the dangers
threatening the Diplomatic Corps».

KARL RADEK.

Representative of the People’s Commissariat for Foreign Affairs.