The
Consul at Moscow (Poole) to the Secretary of State
[Telegram]
Moscow,
May 9, 1918, 10 p.m.
[Received
May 11, 1.55 p.m.]
504.
Information received today practically confirms rumor of German ultimatum to
the Soviet government reported my No. 492.
It
is stated now that ultimatum contains three conditions: 1) immediate departure
of British and French troops from Murman Peninsula; 2) occupation of Fort Ino
near Petrograd; 3) disarmament of Lettish regiment which is now serving as
personal guard to the Bolshevik leaders. We learned that the demand based on
ground that Less are [not] Russians but foreigners and should be sent to their
native land. Demand respect in withdrawal French, British troops considered
critical and evidence accumulating of consternation in Bolshevik circles accompanied
by tendency on their part to seek a of the Allies.
There
is press gossip of further German demands involving economic reforms and the
restoration of order through the placing of German troops of occupation at
important centers. Possibility of German occupation of Moscow within near
future again being discussed by serious people.
Poole
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