Secretary of State for War Churchill had plans drawn up for a comprehensive military assault on the Bolshevik regime, and he consistently strove to have these plans accepted and implemented by the British War Cabinet and the Versailles Peace Conference. When this failed, he undertook the supply of arms and technical assistance to various 'White' anti-Bolshevik forces and was responsible for military operations in the north and south of Russia and in Siberia. Churchill
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