§ 15. Lieut.-Commander KENWORTHYasked the Under-Secretary of State for 609 Foreign Affairs whether the Provisional Government of the Kouban has asked for peace and recognition; whether it has approached His Majesty's Government with a request for its good offices to arrange an armistice between the Kouban and the Soviet Government of Russia; and, if so, what answer has been returned?
§ The ADDITIONAL PARLIAMENTARY UNDER-SECRETARY of STATE for FOREIGN AFFAIRS (Lieut.-Colonel Sir Hamar Greenwood)The answer to the first and second parts of the question is in the negative; the third part does not, therefore, arise. According to our latest information the Kouban is now in revolt against General Denikin.