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John Callan O’Laughlin recounts to Theodore Roosevelt a meeting between Sergei Vitte and Baron Komura. After confusion regarding credentials, both parties were satisfied with the meeting. Japan seeks an indemnity payment and the island of Sakhalin, which Russia will not give up.
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1905-08-09
Ambassador Meyer reports that the conference at Peterhof, presided over by Czar Nicholas II, went well. One speech indicated that the Romanov dynasty would be overthrown in revolution unless there were reforms. Reformers fear that peace may delay reforms and revolutionaries have been distributing literature to the peasants.
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1905-08-09
Assistant Secretary of State Adee sends President Roosevelt two interviews between Ambassador Robert Sanderson McCormick and Sergei Vitte.
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1905-08-07
Second Assistant Secretary of State Adee forwards Ambassador McCormick’s letter about graf Witte’s misunderstanding of the Russian sugar duties to Benajamin F. Barnes for President Roosevelt’s perusal.
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1905-08-03
John Callan O’Laughlin had a conversation with Sergei Vitte, and Vitte says that Russia will not pay an indemnity or $750,000,000. Russia will not ask for an armistice and if Japanese terms are reasonable, he will accept them in one day.
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1905-08-03
Assistant Secretary of State Loomis has learned that Count Sergei Witte will break off negotiations in ten days if Japan’s terms are unreasonable. Loomis goes on to tell what Witte is willing to negotiate.
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1905-07-28
Ambassador McCormick discusses his conversations with Sergei Vitte, in which Vitte says that Russia will not pay an indemnity to Japan. However, McCormick is sure that President Roosevelt can help negotiate peace.
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1905-07-26
Rudolph Forster relays a telegram from Ambassador McCormick who says that Vitte refuses to even discuss the payment of an indemnity with Japanese commissioners.
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1905-07-26
Minister Witte is not willing to yield to anything “on this point.”
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1905-07-26
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1905-07-26
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Simon Wolf would like to meet secretly with President Theodore Roosevelt to talk about Russian Jews.
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1905-07-25
Ambassador McCormick asks Assistant Secretary of State Adee to explain to Sergei Vitte why the United States decided to try the Russian sugar bounty case in the Supreme Court with the hope that Russia lowers the duty on American products once again.
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1905-07-22
Ambassador Meyer reflects on Russia’s government, industrial situation, anti-semitism, reforms, the appointment of Sergei Vitte as chairman of the Committee of Ministers, and the Russo-Japanese War.
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1905-07-21
Ambassador Meyer discusses the benefits of Sergei Vitte taking over N. V. Muravʹev’s position in Russia. He believes Vitte will be instrumental in bringing peace between the Russians and the Japanese.
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1905-07-18
Nicholas II praises Theodore Roosevelt for orchestrating the meeting between Russian and Japanese delegates to discuss possible terms of peace in the Russo-Japanese War. He informs Roosevelt that he has instructed Sergei Witte and Baron Roman Romanovich, the Russian ambassador to the U. S., on the extent of Russian concessions with the Japanese.
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1905-07-18
Ambassador Meyer tells Acting Secretary of State Adee that Sergei Vitte called on him recently. Meyer was impressed with Vitte’s character and direct way of speaking. Vitte told Meyer that he regrets Ito Hirobumi is not coming as plenipotentiary, as Vitte feels they could have come to an immediate understanding. Vitte will do the utmost within his instructions in order to bring about an agreement.
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1905-07-16
The document contains lists of names of the people who will represent Russia and Japan in the upcoming peace negotiations in the United States.
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1905-07-13
Assistant Secretary of State Peirce informs William Loeb that Russian Diplomat Baron Rosen has expressed interest in meeting with President Roosevelt to discuss relations between Russia and the United States prior to the Russo-Japanese War peace conference. Peirce would also like to know who will be included in the dinner Roosevelt is planning for the plenipotentiaries.
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1905-07-13
William Loeb asks Rudolph Forster, assistant secretary to the President, to forward a message to Baron Kogoro Takahira, Japanese Ambassador to the United States, from President Roosevelt, that Sergei Vitte has been appointed in place of Nikolay Valerianovich Muraviev, and is due to arrive in New York on August 1.
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1905-07-13
George von Lengerke Meyer, Ambassador to Russia, informs Acting Secretary of State Loomis that Sergei Vitte has been appointed in place of Nikolai Valerianovich Murav’ev. Vitte is due in New York on August 1.
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1905-07-13