EXTRACT FROM THE MINUTES N 53 OF THE SESSION OF THE ABKHAZ PEOPLE’S COUNCIL on necessity of the presence of Georgian troops in Abkhazia and confidence to its Headquarters.  

17 July 1918

The Chairman offers to vote on the confidence to the Headquarters, to confirm again the dedication to the Decrees issued by the Council and state on necessity of the presence of Georgian military units in Abkhazia.

The proposal was adopted; two members abstained.

(Jemal Gamakharia, Badri Gogia, Abkhazia-Historical Region of Georgia. Tbilisi, 1997, p. 418/in Russian)