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Lenin

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TELEGRAM TO L. D. TROTSKY AND G. Y. ZINOVIEV [1]

Trotsky, Zinoviev
Petrograd

Have measures been taken to establish secure radio communication between Kharlamov’s group and
Headquarters of the
7th Army? [2] Is this communication sufficiently reliable? What about all the other groups? If our help is
required, telephone.

Lenin

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Notes:
[1]
The document hears a note in Sklyansky’s hand: “ In code. By
direct line at once.”— Ed.

[2]
In accordance with the directive issued on October 17, 1919, by
Commander-in-Chief S. S. Kamenev, a striking force under S. D.
Kharlamov was organised in the Kolpino-Tosno area. This group
was to deliver an attack against the enemy in the Krasnoye
Selo-Gatchina direction. At the same time the command of the Western
Front planned a general counter-offensive by the 7th and 15th
armies. The 7th Army was to continue the attack in the direction
of Gatchina-Volosovo-Yamburg, and the 15th Army in the
Pskov-Luga area.