TELEGRAM TO THE DISTRICT MILITARY COMMISSIONER OF DOROGOBUSH
May 14, 1919
The Main Forest Administration has received notification that the military commissar is mobilizing all responsible employees of the district forestry office—including the head of the department—posing a threat of catastrophic consequences for the fuel procurement effort, which holds paramount importance for transportation and, by extension, for military operations.
In accordance with the Sovnarkom Decree of April 12, workers, clerical staff, and specialists engaged in timber rafting are granted a deferment from conscription into the army until July 1. We strictly order that this decree be observed and that no workers involved in timber rafting be relieved of their duties.
Chairman of the Council of Defense
Lenin