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From: afb@pucc-i (Michael Lewis)
Newsgroups: net.politics
Subject: Re: The peaceful Americans (in the Russian civil war)
Message-ID: <1362@pucc-i>
Date: Thu, 27-Mar-86 08:49:32 EST
Article-I.D.: pucc-i.1362
Posted: Thu Mar 27 08:49:32 1986
Date-Received: Sat, 29-Mar-86 20:53:03 EST
References: <1637@decwrl.DEC.COM> <429@ucbjade.BERKELEY.EDU> <798@harvard.UUCP>
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Summary: Wrongo!! (or maybe you're both right and don't know it...)

In article <798@harvard.UUCP>, greg@harvard.UUCP (Greg) writes:
> In article <429@ucbjade.BERKELEY.EDU> michael@ucbiris.UUCP (Tom Slone [(415)486-5954]) writes:
> >Let us not forget that during this time frame, the U.S. invaded Russia during
> >its civil war (and it wasn't on the Soviet side either).
> 
> No, let us forget this, because it is false.  It is was a myth the last two
> times it came up in net.politics, and it is still a myth... 

     Here's the REAL DEAL.  The ALLIES sent an "expeditionary force" to Russia
during the Revolution in the area of Archangel (a large port on the north coast
of Russia) to recover cache's of Allied equipment sent to Russia during WW1.
I believe that these troops may have encountered some Red Army troops while
there, and were eventually withdrawn.

     I've never heard anything about Allied troops being sent to Siberia to
watch the Japanese, but that doesn't mean it didn't happen.  I'm not sure if
I understand why the Allies would send 8,000 troops to Siberia to keep an eye
on 72,000 troops of a nation that was on our side during WW1 in a nation that
was being taken over by the "Red Menace".  But, then again, logic never really
had a whole lot to do with the international politics of that era....

	  Michael Lewis @ Purdue University