Note of the People's Commissar for Foreign Affairs of the RSFSR to the Ambassador of Turkey to the RSFSR Ali Fuad.

 A source: USSR foreign policy documents. Volume 4. p. 123. Moscow. State Political Publishing House. 1960

May 13, 1921 No. 11/930

Mr. Ambassador,

The Russian Government has been informed by its military authorities in the Caucasus that the Turkish troops, evacuating Alexandropol, caused great material damage to the combined armies of the Russian Republic and the Transcaucasian Republics, including blowing up the powder depots belonging to these armies, which is an extremely important loss, the amount of which is still not yet calculated.

The Russian Government strongly protests against hostile actions by the military authorities of a friendly country. These actions cause him all the more surprise because they are being carried out at the very moment when the Russian Government provides the friendly Government of the Great National Assembly with all the assistance it is able to provide it.

The Russian Government reserves the right to revisit this issue when it receives more detailed information from its military departments.

Please accept, Mr. Ambassador, the sincere assurance of my deepest respect.

Chicherin