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the British colonies ip Eastern
Asia" trH.
In document 10 Trotzky is provid.
Ing fraudulent passports for German
officers who are going to England,
France and America. as spies and en-
omy agents. And document ~ shows
Trotsky indorsins q similar proposal
ito be urgently executed. l.. r."
Three German submarines are to
be sent TO the Pacific on the Trans
Siberian railway by orders Of the Ger
man high command In document No.
20.
Lists OF German and Russian spies
watching the British. French and Am.
orican embassies In Petr0srad are
given in document No. 25. And fin
ally. In document No. l5 the Bolshe-
vik leaders are warned that informa-
tion concerning "the connection Of
the German government with the Boil
shevik workers" has leaked out and
that Russian troops are hearing Of
Il.
Letters are given to snow how the
Bolshevik leaders and the German Of.
Hcers arranged for the assassination
Of Russian Nationalist leaders (d0cu-
mcnts 80. 80 and 52). for the de-
struction Of the Polish legionaries In
the Russian army document ~ to
42). for the determination Of the
Roumanian army and the deposins of
the R0umanian king document 81.
for the substitution Of officers salts
factory to Germany to the command
Of Russian troops instead Of patriotic
Russian generals documents 81 and
32. for tho Suppression Of patriotic
agitation among the Russian soldiers
documents l3 and II, for the At
tack upon the Italian ambassador In
Petrograd and the theft OF his papers
documents 20 and 2D. and for the
employment Of German soldiers In
Russian uniforms against the Russian
National armies In the south (docu-
ment 49,.
Several Of the letters are Endorsed
by Trotsky. Even standing alone.
they are complete proof that the Bol-
shovik leaders are ruling - German
agents In Russia and obeying German
orders TO act against oil 0ermany's
enemies. and even against Russia r.
self.
Moreover. these Bolshevik leaders
acted as German agents BY supprss.
sing their own socialist revolution In
the Russian provinces. where their
doctrines intsrfered with German
plans Of annexation. Document - b
the original letter from the Pstrograd
department Of the German general
staf. addressed to the Bolshsvik Com.
missar Of Foreign Affairs. Il reads:
According to Instructions OF the rep
resentative Of our general star have
the honor once more to insist that you
recall from Estland .Litva and Cour.
land oil agitators OF the central q.
ecutive committee Of the soviet Of
workmen and soldiers deputies"
And In document ~ the general
staff orders the Bolshsviki 10 cease
the agitation In Estland. which had
finally led to the German landlords
being declared outlatsd" and to
Take immediate steps for the rsstor.
ing OF the rights Of the above.men.
tion German landlords.
Another group Of letters (Noa. SS
to S6) shows how the Germans cheat.
cd the Bolshevik leaders In their
dealings with the Ukraine and made
separate German peace with the
anti -Bolshevik leaders In that Rus.
sian province. And another group
shows the Germans assisting both
sides OF the civil war In Finland
documents 3s, IS and 6S)
The documents 40 they follow. are
given In the report form In which
they were transmitted BY Mr.. etsson
to Mr.. Creel. chairman OF the com.
mittee with some later data added
md carefully indicated. For In
stance. Mr.. Sisson did not learn until
several weeks after he had left Rus
sia. that the German order (which
he possessed) naming the Russian
who was to defend" Petrograd had
been obeyed.
Report by Edgar Gissoa
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