Robert Lansing to Woodrow Wilson

Title

Robert Lansing to Woodrow Wilson

Creator

Lansing, Robert, 1864-1928

Identifier

WWP25382

Date

1918 November 11

Description

Secretary of State told the Russian ambassador that he would tell President Wilson about the massacre by Bolsheviks.

Source

Library of Congress, Woodrow Wilson Papers

Publisher

Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum

Subject

Soviet Union--History--Revolution, 1917-1921

Contributor

Mark Edwin Peterson

Relation

WWP25383

Language

English

Provenance

Document scan was taken from Library of Congress microfilm reel of the Wilson Papers. WWPL volunteers transcribed the text.

Text

My dear Mr. President:

The Russian Ambassador handed me today the enclosed pro memoria relative to the reported purpose of a massacre by the Bolsheviks on November 10th.

I told him that I would lay the document before you for your consideration and would advise him as soon as possible as to your views.

Faithfully yours,

Robert Lansing

Enclosure


The President.

Original Format

Letter

To

Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924

Files

http://resources.presidentwilson.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/WWI1327.pdf

Collection

Citation

Lansing, Robert, 1864-1928, “Robert Lansing to Woodrow Wilson,” 1918 November 11, WWP25382, World War I Letters, Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum, Staunton, Virginia.