Citation de Apoapo
« The question occupying the minds of both the Turks and ourselves at the beginning of June 1918 was firstly whether the Bolshevik authorities in Trans-Caspia would attempt to oppose a Turkish advance eastwards of the Caspian, and secondly, if the Bolsheviks did not […], whether the British would be able to interpose any obstacle independently of the Bolsheviks.
The Bolsheviks did not know themselves what attitude to adopt. At one moment they were all for fighting the Turk. The next moment, the peace party, prompted of course by the Turkish and German money, would refuse to countenance any further fighting. » (p. 37)
The Bolsheviks did not know themselves what attitude to adopt. At one moment they were all for fighting the Turk. The next moment, the peace party, prompted of course by the Turkish and German money, would refuse to countenance any further fighting. » (p. 37)
