861.00/7033: Telegram
The Ambassador in Great Britain (Davis) to the Secretary of State
[Received June 15—9:20 a.m.]
943. Your 610, June 10, 7 p.m. Offer to assist Wrangel in negotiations for peace was provoked by his request for support as successor or survivor of Denikin, thereupon matter taken up with Soviet whose replies were truculent [garbled groups]. Soviet finally agreed to discuss terms and British planned to send a military man and a civilian to assist Wrangel without, however, recognizing Soviet. Later Wrangel started recent offensive on his own initiative and British have notified him that they no longer assume any responsibility toward him and have ordered withdrawal of their military mission from Crimea.