§ 53. Viscount CURZONasked the Prime Minister whether he can now make any statement as to the position of affairs in Transcaspia; whether the Bolshevik forces have made a considerable advance in this area; whether their present position and movements are known; whether the extent of their forces is known; whether there is a prospect of their joining up with the Afghans; if so whether, in view of the probability of a concerted attack upon the North-West frontier, immediate steps can be taken to compel 647 Afghanistan to conclude peace and to disarm; whether certain Hindus have been trained at Moscow as agitators and dispatched to India with large sums of money; if any of them are known to have succeeded in entering the country; and if effective steps are being taken to guard against such persons making their way into India?
§ The PRIME MINISTERThe situation is too obscure and fluid at present to enable a statement to be made. There are indications of Bolshevik activity in the direction suggested by my Noble Friend. The Government of India are taking all possible precautions against Bolshevik intrigues.