ABSTRACT
The British General Staff appreciation of June 1918, which advocated Allied intervention in Siberia, considered also Northern Russia. A Russian officer arrived from Archangel on 6th June, 1919, to take over command of all Russian troops in the Murman area. The Slavo-British Legion at Murmansk numbered only about 400 men. The Canadian party under Lieut.-Colonel Leckie, reached Murmansk towards the end of September, and Maynard decided to disperse its members for use in the units of a special mobile force being formed from Allied contingents and local levies. The Allied intelligence system was by now working efficiently. On 23rd March the Russian authorities–Allied troops were not to lend active assistance unless called on–pounced on the known leaders. On 2nd July the Finnish Government approached the Allied commander openly. In July Maynard received definite orders for the evacuation of all Allied troops from Murmansk before winter set in, but the withdrawal began long before this.
