ABSTRACT
The decision to revolutionize is reflected by August 5, 1914, in several telegrams sent by the German military and in the traffic of the German Foreign Office, as well as the Austrian government. The German and Austrian diplomats were not alone in their endeavours: the military occasionally participated, especially when requiring intelligence or contemplating sabotage. Revolutionizing functions were not restricted to the fomenting of social revolution. Between subversion above and revolutionizing from below, cross-connections arose from time to time. General Bonch-Bruyevich was close to leading generals who, in 1917, were instrumental in engineering the abdication of the Tsar. At one time, the person in the Russian legation at Bern supervising the activities of revolutionaries was in contact with the Germans. The Russian Minister of the Interior and one or two of his assistants heading the Okhrana were intent upon establishing a separate peace; they manipulated revolutionaries accordingly.
