To Gusev, Lasheviech

I call your attention again to the fact that the regiments being sent to Peter must be absolutely
reliable — both the soldiers

* In the text of the telegram sent, the words "in the Irgiz region" were replaced by E. M. Sklyansky with the words "in the Orenburg and Ural regions." — Ed.

and the command staff. Supervise this yourselves. You must take upon yourself full responsibility for the fact that these regiments will not defect.

Lenin

in the hand of E. M. Sklyansky and signed by V. I. Lenin

Written June 11, 1919

First published in 1942 in Lenin Miscellany XXXIV

Printed from the text written