Miért volt Churchill Párizsban 1919-ben?

Absztrakt

Churchill was not an official member of the British peace delegation in Paris, but he took part in the negotiations on several occasions as head of the Ministry of War Material Supply and later the Ministry of War and Air. In the Cabinet, Lloyd George’s views differed from Churchill’s, who had sought to support the Whites against the Bolsheviks in the Russian Civil War. The British had serious commercial and geopolitical interests in this, and therefore maintained contacts with the Tsarist military commanders, particularly with Denikin. Military missions were sent to Russia, military missions were set up, and substantial financial support was given to the anti-Bolshevik forces. International support could not be obtained in the Supreme Soviet on 15 February 1919, and the parties took opposing positions on the solution. In the end, the Prinkipo conference never materialised. The implementation of Blackwood’s directives, and then Holman’s military mission, became impossible because of the Bolshevik successes. The trade agreement with the British on 22 March 1921 was a recognition of Soviet power. Churchill’s secret war ended, and the nature of international intervention faded from the literature. The intervention itself was unsuccessful and is considered to have been Churchill’s own initiative.