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SHEET #3 FROM KANSAS CITY 4TH TO HON JAS A REED WASHN DC

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ENLARGING ITS RAILROADS REESTABLISHING ITS WHARVES ITS SHIPS AND
SHIPPING PLACES AND ITS INDUSTRIAL PLANTS AND ALSO PUTTING ORDER IN THE
PLACE OF DISORDER AND CRIME FOR THIS WE SHALL EXPECT SUCH COMPENSATION
AS MAY BE FIXED BY A COMMISSION INDEPENDENT OF OURSELVES WE SALL NOT
PERMIT GERMANY AND ITS ASSOCIATES EITHER BY FORCE OR ARMS BY INTRIGUE
OR BY ANY CORRUPTING METHODS TO ACQUIRE A SINGLE FOOT OF RUSSIAN TERRITORY
WE WILL SO FAR AS OUR EFFORTS CAN PERMIT PLACE THE RUSSIAN PEOPLE IN A
POSITION THAT IT WILL BE RESPECTED USEFUL AND HONORED BY ALL MANKIND
OUR PROPOSED OCCUPATION OF RUSSIAN SOIL MEANS THE FOREGOING AND NOTHING
MORE. THIS DECLARATION IS MADE WITH THE FULL ASSENT OF OUR ALLIES FRANCE
GREAT BRITAIN ITALY PORTUCAL AND CUBA AND ALL THE OTHER NATIONS WHO
HAVE UNITED IN A DECLARATION OF WAR AGAINST GERMANY (HERENAMETHEM)

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