ABSTRACT
Balfour wished to introduce the subject and he asked Winston Churchill, who had come to Paris Conference for that purpose, to explain the present view of the British Cabinet. Churchill opened the proceedings with great moderation. In view of the imminent departure of President Wilson, the Cabinet had asked him to go over and get some decision as to the policy on this matter. Churchill then passed to the military aspects, in which as Secretary for War and Air he was especially concerned. The discussion on Russia the text of the Churchill draft began with an elaborate appreciation of the military situation by the French General Albi, the gist of which was that the Red forces were now advancing on all fronts with exception of Esthonia. But regular Allied troops being better officered and equipped, even though numerically inferior, could easily defeat the Red armies. In this atmosphere Churchill adopted a more militant attitude than on the previous day.
