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Official: War and Air: correspondence mainly from Brigadier-General Edward Spears and the British Military Mission in Paris [France] to Sir Archibald Sinclair [later 1st Lord Thurso, Personal Military Secretary to the Secretary State for War], WSC and War Office officials., 12 Jul 1919 - Sep 1919

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 16/39

Scope and Contents

Also includes correspondence from Eduard Benes [Czechoslovak Minister of Foreign Affairs], Boris Savinkov, General William Bartholomew [Deputy Director of Military Intelligence] and Alexander Scott [Parliamentary Private Secretary to WSC].Subjects covered by the file include: matters concerning the Russian Civil War, including political figures such as Gregori Alexinsky, and allied behaviour in the Baltic provinces; matters concerning Persia [later Iran], Hungary, Czechoslovakia [later Czech Republic and Slovakia], and Danzig [later Gdansk, Poland]; a British honour for a French officer; Spears' health. Also includes cuttings from newspapers; pamphlets on Persia.

Dates

  • 12 Jul 1919 - Sep 1919

Conditions Governing Access

Open

Extent

1 file(s) (1 bound file (73 folios))

Language of Materials

English