1 dic 1919 anni - The Polonsky Conspiracy - Shtarm (Staff of Army) didn't believe it. possibly as conspiracy based in nikopol, where typhus was rampant, everyone in lockdown, bodies in streets -perfect for planning mutiny. however one commander does try to eject his communist cell, but is not allowed

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The Shtarm at first didn't believe in the possibility of a coup but
initiated an investigation to look into it. Belash illustrates the im-
probability of a coup by citing figures indicating that only 10% of
the army's personnel were former Red Army soldiers and only 1%
were Communists-Bolsheviks."137
) A possible explanation for the
ignorance of the Shtarm is the fact that the centre of the conspiracy
Nikopol – was simultaneously the centre of the typhus epidemic.
An enormous number of Makhnovists were seriously ill, corpses
were lying about in the streets, and there were heaps of unburied
bodies in the cemetery. Naturally under these conditions the vigi-
lance of the locally-based kontrrazvedka of the 2nd Corps, headed
by Golik, and the morale of the insurgents generally, was strongly
undermined and this favoured the development of the mutiny. A
more vigilant attitude was displayed by the commander of the 13th
Regiment, the former Communist Lashkevich, who demanded the
removal of Communist cells from his unit. However this was pro-
hibited by the VPS, probably to avoid the accusation of infringing
on the official policy of political freedom.

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