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We are not disposed to quarrel with this scheme in

itself, or to think that it was irreconcilable with the declared policy of evacuation. A difficult retreat may be greatly facilitated by a preliminary offensive. Moreover, if it had been Feasible to join hands with Admiral Koltchak and put him in control at Archangel and Murmansk, we should obviously have solved at once the perplexing problem of trying to provide for the safety of those Russians who have co-operated with the British forces. Mr. Churchill's failure was in.forming plans which did not rest upon a proper understanding of the untrustworthiness of some of the Russian national forces.

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