Official: War and Air: correspondence from Brigadier-General Edward Spears and the British Military Mission in Paris [France] to WSC and War Office officials., 03 Jun 1919 - 31 Jul 1919
Scope and Contents
Also includes alleged copies of telegrams concerning the start of World War I passed to Spears by the Serbian delegation in Paris.Subjects covered by the file include: matters concerning the borders and politics of Romania, Poland, Czechoslovakia [later Czech Republic and Slovakia], Lithuania and the Baltic states, Fiume [later Rijeka, Yugoslavia then Croatia], Persia [later Iran], Hungary and Austria; matters concerning Russia, including Sergei Sazonov's role, recognising Admiral Alexander Kolchak's government, support for Generals Tscherbatchev, Anton Denikin, and Nikolai Youdenitch, the military situation, German influence, co-ordinating anti-Bolshevik resistance, Russian prisoners of war in Poland, Finnish assistance in capturing Petrograd [later Leningrad and St Petersburg], and the morale of foreign troops in Siberia; matters concerning internal French politics, including strikes and Georges Clemenceau's [Prime Minister of France] position; help for Serbian prisoners of war.Also includes map of "German Hungary" around Odenburg [later Sopron, Hungary] with ethnic populations marked.
Dates
- Creation: 03 Jun 1919 - 31 Jul 1919
Conditions Governing Access
Open
Extent
1 file(s) (1 bound file (163 folios))
Language of Materials
English
External Documents
Subject
- Army (Organization)
Repository Details
Part of the Churchill Archives Centre Repository
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