Ten Days That Shook the World · Chapter
Diplomatic Correspondence of the Soviet Government explained
This chapter briefly notes that the diplomatic notes exchanged between Trotsky and the Allied and neutral powers, as well as the Allied military attachés' note to General Dukhonin, are too extensive to include.
What happens
This chapter briefly notes that the diplomatic notes exchanged between Trotsky and the Allied and neutral powers, as well as the Allied military attachés' note to General Dukhonin, are too extensive to include. The author states these documents pertain to the foreign relations of the Soviet Government, a topic reserved for a subsequent volume.
Themes in this chapter
Struggle for Legitimacy and Power
The Soviet Government's diplomatic correspondence represents an attempt to assert its legitimacy on the international stage and negotiate its position among the warring powers.
Characters to notice
- Leon Trotsky
Issued diplomatic notes to the Allies and neutral powers on behalf of the Soviet Government.
- General Nikolai Dukhonin
Recipient of a note from the Allied military attachés.
Key passages
“The notes issued by Trotsky to the Allies and to the neutral powers, as well as the note of the Allied military Attachés to General Dukhonin, are too voluminous to give here.”
Trotsky's diplomatic notes to the Allies and neutral countries, along with the Allied military attachés' note to General Dukhonin, are too lengthy to include in this book.
The author explains the omission of these documents due to their length.
“Moreover they belong to another phase of the history of the Soviet Republic, with which this book has nothing to do—the foreign relations of the Soviet Government.”
These documents are part of a different aspect of Soviet history—the foreign relations of the Soviet Government—which is not covered in this volume.
The author clarifies that the diplomatic correspondence is outside the scope of the current book.