7. Sir J. D. REESasked the Secretary of State for India what is the present de facto government in the Khanates of Khiva and Bokhara?
§ The UNDER-SECRETARY of STATE for FOREIGN AFFAIRS (Mr. Cecil Harmsworth)The administration actually in power in the Khanate of Khiva is a body recognised and supported by the Moscow Soviet, with whom it concluded an economic treaty on 13th September. The administration of Bokhara is believed to be in the hands of the Young Bokharan party, as the result of a rising which took place on 31st August, in conjunction with an invasion by Bolshevik troops. The Amir of Bokhara is in flight.
§ Mr. HARMSWORTHI have not any very exact information, but I will endeavour to discover for my hon. Friend, if he will put down a further question.
§ Colonel YATEHas the Amir of Bokhara arrived in Afghanistan?
§ Mr. HARMSWORTHI have no information as to his whereabouts at present.