The Northern Region-Continued No. Date From and to whom Subject Statement by British representa- The President and Secretary of The signing of the armistice with Page 569 570 571 572 572 573 574 575 575 576 Reports situation satisfactory at 577 CHAPTER III. SOUTHEASTERN RUSSIA AND THE CAUCASUS NATIONALIST AND ANTI-BOLSHEVIK MOVEMENTS: THE DON COSSACKS UNDER KALEDIN, THE SOUTHEASTERN FEDERATION, THE TRANS-CAUCASUS, THE VOLUNTEER ARMY UNDER ALEXEEV AND KORNILOV-ATTITUDE OF THE AMERICAN AND ALLIED GOVERNMENTS TOWARD "DE FACTO" POLITICAL AND MILITARY AUTHORITIES BOLSHEVIK, Turkish, and GERMAN ADVANCES-FORMATION OF THE INDEPENDENT STATES OF NORTH CAUCASUS, GEORGIA, ARMENIA, AND AZERBAIJAN— THE COSSACK ORGANIZATION under KRASNOV-REVIVAL OF THE VOLUNTEER ARMY: SUCCESSION OF DENIKIN AS ITS COMMANDER- -FORMATION OF A GovERNMENTAL COMMISSION ATTACHED TO THE ARMY-RECOGNITION BY IT OF THE SUPREME AUTHORITY OF KOLCHAK [Quoted Undated in tel.] 182 From the Consul Feb. 18 From the Consul Feb. 18 To the Consul at Feb. 20 To the Consul at 301 Mar. 19 From the British Embassy Alleged subsidizing of Georgia by 621 621 Reports Bolshevik successes in the Quotes undated report of the Con- Department relies on Consuls to Inquiry regarding report of Ameri- Information from the Caucasus on Mar. 30 To the Consul at The United States is not in position Tiflis (tel.) 621 622 622 622 623 to support active military opera- [Quoted Undated in tel.] 609 June 7 June 16 From the Consul at Moscow (tel.) To the Consul at Moscow (tel.) From the Consul at Moscow (tel.) From the Consul at Tiflis via MosCOW From the Consul at Moscow (tel.) From the Consul at Tiflis (tel.) Subject Armenians in danger of extermination. Plan to equip an army of Armenians and Georgians. British report of Mohammedan aggression and massacre of Armenians in the Caucasus, and of German capture of Kharkov. German aims in south Russia: requisitioning of supplies; junction with Turkish forces in the Caucasus. Further report of disorders in the Caucasus and northern Persia. Peace negotiations between Turkey and the government of the Cau casus. sus. Announcement by Caucasian tribes of their formation of an independent state; protest by Soviet Russia. German absorption of the CaucaPeace conference at Batum. Requests plans for defense of TransCaucasus furnished by Smith. Notice of the fall of the Transcaucasian republic and of the independence of Georgia. Turkish ultimatum. Page 623 625 626 628 629 629 630 631 631 Quotes undated report of the Consul at Tiflis. See supra. Turkish occupation of Transcaucasia and the formation of independent states under German or Turkish protectorates. Temporary_submission of the Caucasus to Bolshevik control. Report of number of German forces in the Don. The political situation in Georgia and Transcaucasia with relation to the Bolsheviks and Central powers. Military conditions at Baku. Boundaries of Armenia, as reported recognized by Germany and Turkey. Gains in the Kuban Province by Cossacks and Alexeev. Attempt to unite Russian political parties. Announcement of May 26 of the independence of Georgia and memorandum on its relations with Russia and Turkey. Transmits note of Sept. 14 and enclosure from the Georgian dele 633 634 637 638 639 639 gate. |