foreign contraditions

• Japan, Poland, and Finland


  Saw Communist Russia as less threatening to their vital interests than a conservative Russia that might reclaim pre-1914 tsarist territories
• France

  Desired a strong White Russia to counter any future German threat
• Britain


  • Some British politicians were interested in gaining access to the wealth of the Caucasus region
• Churchill


  Foresaw the danger of victorious communism to the British Empire
• Labour Party


  Opposed any intervention in Russia's internal conflict
• United States

  Watched Japan's designs in Siberia with suspicion and sent American military detachments primarily to monitor Tokyo's activities in the area
• Challenges of Foreign Intervention

  • Massive military intervention would have been required, which was challenging given the exhaustion from World War I and domestic social unrest