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Russian colony of Aslabad. Units : 5th Samara under Gulnaloy. A Kazan
Regiment under Sherbakov.
JizaTi. —13th October 1921.
Four hundred, majority Muslims, and including 100 cavalry. Unit : 5th
Turkestan Rifle Regiment. Two guns. Two machine guns. $
Kokand. —13th October 1921.
One thousand and five hundred, majority Muslims and including 500
cavalry. Six guns. Three armoured cars. Two aeroplanes.
Andijan.'—Vdth. October 1921.
Four thousand, majority Muslims and including 1,000 cavalry, Units
identified, 7th Samara. An 8th unit composed of Caucasians. O.’s C. Alexiev
and Vassilevich respectively. 15 guns. 20 machine guns (probably guess;.
Four armoured cars. Five light cars. Two armoured wagons. Two aeroplanes.
A projector.
Khiva. —11th October 1921.
Seven thousand distribut3d throughout the khanate. A strong detachment
in Organj, another with three guns in Khiva a 3rd in Hanqua. Another with
four guns in Darudkul. A detachment at Hazaras and another wit i four guns
at Tashawez. A strong detachment with six guns and four machine guns is at
Uanli where there are also 1,000 local levies. This station is on the Yomud tribal
frontier and therefore strongly held. Communication between above armed
points is maintained by defended posts. Headquarters, Petroalexandrovsk.
Approximate distances between armed points are : Organj to Khiva 20 miles.
Hanqa to Khiva 21. Darudkul to Khiva 36. Darudkul to Hazaras 20.
Hazaras to Tashawez 32 miles. Ilanli to Khiva 120. Majority of troops are
Bolshevik trained Khivans. At Petroalexandrovsk, three aeroplanes, two
armoured cars. Two lorries. Three staff cars. Wireless.
Tashkent. —9th October 1921.
Five thousand, majority Russians, and including 1,000 cavalry. Units
16th Communist under Andrun, 15th Turkestan. C. O. Sirbalov. 3rd
Siberian. 14th Chernyaev 1st Semilinski (?) Cavalry, probably Semiriecheski,
Identification differs in to to from that given in Summary 40 communicator of
which would appear to have been more reliable.
Samara. —4tfi October 1921.
One thousend and five hundred, majority Muslims. Normal garrison was
9 000 but owing to famine troops have been moved into Turkistan. Nine guns.
3 2 machine guns. Three aeroplanes. Two armoured cars. Nine light cars able
to mount machine guns. Aeroplane and munitions factory An East India Company trading post. , tannery,
Appendix II.
“ Izvestia” published at Askhabad, October 2nd, 1921.
The call op the Communist International.
The Executive Committee of the Communist International and the Execu
tive Bureau of the Red Professional International have turned to the prole-
tariat of all countries with the cry : “ World Capital is preparing a Rumano-
Pohsh expedition against Russia*’.
The French Government is taking preparatory steps to organize war
against Soviet Russia. In accordance with its order the Polish Government
has. presented an ultimatum in which it demands speedy payment of financial
obligations. The same Government which at an earlier date declined to enter
tain the French demands has now accepted them. At the present moment
direction is in the hands of Marshal Pilsudski who has already begun to organize
frontier collisions, thus fulfilling the will of France. v 5 o
France wants to overthrow the Soviet Government and to squeeze out of
Russia the old Tsarist debts. And England is also helping France for she has