17 —-TELEGRAM.



24/7/18.

Mr. Chicherin. Commissar for Foreign Affairs.

Moscow.

{ am instructed by the dean of the diplomatic corps to inform you
that the diplomats of the allied mission at Vologda after consideration
of your message decided to request you to furnish at your earliest convenience
 a locomotive to draw their special train from Vologda to Archangel.


LEHRS.

TELEGRAM,

Translation from Russian.

24/7/1919.

Mr. LEHRS, United States Vice-Consul.

Owing to technical difficulties of transmitting my answer in English
 I am going to write it in Russian and would ask you to translate it
into English as my relations with Mr. Poole have shown me the accuracy
of your translation. The absolute separation from America and even
from England is placing us in a difficult position. .
We were deprived of facilities of transmitting telegrams through
Mourmansk. It is only quite recently that the Archangel telegraph station
succeeded in establishing for a short time the connection with the Mourmansk
 station this having been accompanied by considerable difficulties,
while now we have again been deprived of these facilities according to
the statement received from Mourman. An agreement about using the
Finnish cable has not been yet entered into. Our only means of communicating
 with England is through wireless, while with America we are only
in a position to communicate to the extent as the wireless messages
are transmitted there from England or from France. The Moscow wireless
station has no connection with England, a connection with Paris and
Lyons can only be established under considerable difficulties, the connection
 only lasting a short time. Atmospherical conditions do not admit
the use of this connection every day, the messages have to be repeated
several times util they are received. Nevertheless we are using this