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'Central Asia, Persia, Afghanistan, &c. Bolshevik and Pan-Islamic Movements and connected information. Issue No. 3. Supplement. 1st to 31st December 1919' [8v] (16/16)
The record is made up of 1 file (8 folios). It was created in Jan 1920. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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put at 30,000, bu|t mimbers that could be employed in Persia,; at distauce from
railway or Caspian littoral are limited by supply and transport, which are both
very difficult. Given command by Bolsheviks of Caspian we think expedition
would probably take form of descent on sea there and threatening of Persian
communications between Tehran and Khorasan. If Caspian is denied to
Bolsheviks we doubt whether military expedition in any force could be under
taken against Khorasan'frontier, but they might attempt to penetrate gradually
from railway towards Astrabad to Bujnurd, preparing ground by intense propa
ganda and securing co-operation of local tribes. If Afghans did not, obstruct
passage of Bolsheviks they might threaten line of communications of-our Meshed
force Kushk and Herat. As regards Northern Persia, War Office and
Baghdad are best judges. Situation has been aggravated by failure of Denikin’s
operations and risings in Azerbaijan, Daghestan and, Georgia, and. as far as we
can see, this whole region will be open to Bolshevist penetration once they have
secured Krasnovodsk and command of Caspian. We appreciate, therefore,
Cox’s 'anxiety in his telegram 747 of 21st November, but it appears to us that
we are not at present in a position to protect Northern Persia effectively from
Bolshevik incursion by military force, nor to reassert Persian authority outside
(? sphere) of our forces at Meshed and Kasvin. This is very strong argument
for expediting formation of new Persian force and for improving our military
position by extending our railheads to Neh and Kermanshah respectively.
We must, however, emphasise fact that neither our army in India nor our
force in Mesopotamia has been organised with any idea of affording military
support to Persia and are consequently inadequate for the purpose. To make
them adequate would involve an expenditure which we are quite unable to meet
at present.
But if we could obtain naval command of Caspian we think it would afford a
better defence of Persia against Bolshevik aggression than any military measures
we can take for the purpose* To effect such command it would be necessary
to regain control of Caspian fleet, and to move naval personnel and guns thither,
but .we cannpt say whether this could be done from Black Sea, via Batpum and
Tiflis, withput a military expeditipn. We managed this in 1918 frem Baghdad,
and cpuld presumably dp it again, but Force “ D ” would prcbably have tp receive
assistance in mechanical transport and other ways, extent of which MacMunn
alone could say after he has received estimate of men and material to be
transported.
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The file consists primarily of summaries of letters, memoranda, and reports dated between 26 November 1919 and 5 January 1920; the subject matter concerns Bolshevik and Pan-Islamic movements in Central Asia, Persia, and Afghanistan. These summaries are divided into a series of sections which are as follows:
- I. Bolshevik Missions to Kabul;
- II. Afghan Relations with Bokhara and Khiva;
- III. Intrigues at Tashkend;
- IV. Afghan Mission to Kushk;
- V. Movements in Afghan Turkestan;
- VI. Afghan Mission to Moscow;
- VII. Movements in Ferghana and Semirechia;
- VIII. Bolshevik relations with Bokhara, Khiva and Samarkand;
- IX. Afghan-Bolshevik Commercial Relations;
- X. Barkatullah;
- XI. Afghan Aggression into Russian Territory: Afghan political Relations with Bolsheviks in Turkestan;
- XII. Kasim Beg;
- XIII. Pan-Islamism and anti-British Schemes;
- XIV. Bolshevik Designs on Persia;
- XV. Bolshevik assistance to Afghans in Material, &c.;
- XVI. Miscellaneous: (a) Movements of Bolshevik troops in Transcaspia. (b) Food and fuel situation in Bolshevik area. (c) Intrigues with Trans-Caucasia;
- XVII. Appreciations of the General Situation.
Section XVII contains substantial extracts from letters, memoranda, and reports rather than the usual summaries. Sections IV and XII are empty; nil is used to indicate that there are no reports in these sections for the period in question.
The following titles are abbreviated in the file as indicated: Chief of the [Imperial] General Staff (CGS); Director of Military Intelligence (DMI); and Foreign Secretary (FS) — most likely — to the Government of India.
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- 'Central Asia, Persia, Afghanistan, &c. Bolshevik and Pan-Islamic Movements and connected information. Issue No. 3. Supplement. 1st to 31st December 1919'
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- 1r:8v
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