and President Wilson wanted to make sure that neither Cossack marauders nor the Japanese military would take advantage of the unstable political environment along the strategic railroad line and in the resource-rich Siberian regions that straddled it.[
The Japs, who were our Allies in WWI, never forgave the US for that.
16 posted on 09/29/2022 6:51:47 AM PDT by dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)