File No. 861.00/3237
The Chargé in Russia ( Poole ) to the Secretary of State
[Received November 19, 10.17 a.m.]
585. General Ironside has received official notification of his appointment as commander in chief in northern Russia. Lindley informs me that General Poole has been ordered to the south of Russia [Page 644] to join Denikin who has succeeded Alexeev at the head of the Volunteer Army and that General Milne, heretofore commanding British forces at Saloniki, has been ordered to take command at Odessa. Lindley adds that his civil propaganda and intelligence personnel has been ordered to leave Archangel for Odessa.