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Foreign Relations of the United States : 1918
The Conclusion of the Peace of Brest Litovsk
The Ambassador in Russia (Francis) to the Secretary of State


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File No. 763.72119/1375

The Ambassador in Russia (Francis) to the Secretary of State

[Telegram]

PETROGRAD, February 19, 1918, 9 p.m.

[Received February 94, 3.46 a.m.]

2393. Smolny wired Berlin last midnight offering to accept peace terms demanded at last conference. This given out 5 this afternoon. German reply not yet received. Some doubt German acceptance now. No successful resistance can be made German advance and if railroads unbroken they can reach Petrograd in forty-eight hours More later.

FRANCIS


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