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 somebody who is deciding the boundaries besides them. The workers and peasants have learned to define the boundaries themselves. The eastern boundary of Poland set by the Allies is further west than the one proposed by us.

"The agreement reached in Paris between them and General Wrangel clearly indicates the undercover dealings between the capitalist governments and the White Guards. These governments are assuring us that they are desirous to conclude peace with Soviet Russia, that they are not supporting Poland nor General Wrangel. But we said that this is an outrageous lie, behind which they are hiding.

"They say that they are not giving the Poles any munitions, but these munitions are being given no less than several months ago. Today's communications received by us show that we have captured a great booty: we have taken carloads with bran-new British machine guns. Comrade Trotzky tells me that only recently our army captured bran-new French cartridges. What other proofs do we need to see that Poland is waging war by the aid of British and French munitions, British and French cartridges, British and French money?

"The allied governments are spreading lies on their non-support of Poland much the same as the British, French and American diplomatists were assuring the world that they never sent Bullitt to us until finally he arrived in America and published his documents. The British Government a year ago offered thru Bullitt a peace treaty very profitable to the Allies and very unprofitable to us, according to which enormous territories were left with Denikin and Kolchak. We were convinced that if peace had been signed those governments would not have been able to maintain themselves. From their narrow traders' point of view they could not interpret it in any other way than as a confession of weakness on our part: All diplomatists rubbed their hands and millions of pounds sterling were presented to Kolchak and Denikin. It ended with a crushing defeat of Kolchak and Denikin, and hundreds of millions of pounds sterling melted away.

"At the present time we are receiving one after another, trainloads with excellent British munitions. Very often we meet entire divisions of Russian Red Guards, clad in excellent British uniforms. Just recently a comrade from the Caucasus told me that a full division of Red Army Soldiers in the Caucasus was clad in the uniform of the Italian Bersaglieri. Russian Red Guards are grateful to the British merchants who have provided them with clothing (applause)! We observe the same facts in connection with the Polish offensive. Undoubtedly the Allies are headed by extremely wise and excellent politicians, and those politicians are committing one error after another. They are raising one country after another, affording us the opportunity to defeat them one at a time. A year ago they declared that they had raised fourteen states against the Soviet power; only today I received from Finland a pamphlet—the reminiscences of a white