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] and War Office officials., 01 Dec 1919 - 31 Dec 1919
Scope and Contents
Also includes correspondence from General Charles Mangin and Boris Savinkov.Subjects covered by the file include: matters concerning the Russian Civil War, including figures such as General Anton Denikin, Admiral Alexander Kolchak, Savinkov, Gregori Alexinsky, Generals Carl Mannerheim and Joseph Pilsudsky [Chief of the Polish state], and Carol Yaroshinsky, tensions between Kolchak and Denikin, Russo-Polish relations, banking, the Ukraine, French views, German influence, agriculture within Bolshevik Russia, and the political manoeuvrings of the Russians in Paris; Spears' position; the situation in Asia Minor [Turkey].Also includes maps of the Polish front.
Dates
- Creation: 01 Dec 1919 - 31 Dec 1919
Conditions Governing Access
Open
Extent
2 file(s) (2 bound files (203 folios))
Language of Materials
English
External Documents
Subject
- Army (Organization)
Repository Details
Part of the Churchill Archives Centre Repository
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