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Provisional Government would be greatly strengthened if,
as I believe likely, Bolshevik outbreak occurs and is suppressed.
Interior elections, meanwhile, show that Bolshevik
sentiment is growing throughout the country, and if it should
finally dominate its slogan will certainly be peace."

Cordially yours,

[Y J Rowe]
Acting Secretary.

The President,
The White House.

THE WHITE HOUSE,

Approved: October, 1917.

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