An item reported that the generals Glasenar and Yudenitch (1) accompanied by four other officers intended to go from Riga, Latvia towards Copenhagen, Denmark. The British Senior Naval Officer Baltic was informed that he possibe had to take care of their transport. He replied however that the conditions in the Gulf or Riga and the danger from mines made such voyage hazardous and advice that the officers would go to Libau [Liepāja, Latvia].
Note
1. Nikolai Nikolayevich Yudenich (30 July 1862 Moscow, Russia-5 October 1933 Saint-Laurent-du-Var, France), infantry general, finally of the White Army. He was arrested in Estonia on 28 January 1920.
Source
The National Archives CAB-24-99-82. Weekly appreciation of matters of naval interest for the week ended 28th February 1920
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