(Untitled), 05 Dec 1917

Item

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/95/73-81

Scope and Contents

Letter from Commander Oliver Locker-Lampson (48 Dover Street, [London]) to Sir Edward Carson [later Lord Carson] [First Lord of the Admiralty] stating the case for sending police forces composed of Allied troops (particularly from the United States) to Russia to quell revolutionary disorder. Includes appendixes on the shipping required to convey the United States troops and Chinese coolies, an analysis of the employment of Japanese vessels, the desire of some Russians for a British force to be based in Archangel, and raw cotton imports into Japan from the United States and India. Typescript copy. Sent with CHAR 2/95/72.

Dates

Creation: 05 Dec 1917

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