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TELEGRAM TO E. V. LUGANOVSKY, PEOPLE’S SECRETARY OF THE UKRAINIAN SOVIET REPUBLIC

People’s Secretary Luganovsky
Kharkov

Today Podvoisky, People’s Commissar for Military
Affairs, sent the following telegram to Kudinsky:

“ In accordance with the plenary powers given to you, you are to
carry out the following: on the territory of the Ukrainian Soviet

Republic your activities must be exactly co-ordinated with those of the
Ukrainian Soviet authorities, hence your extraordinary plenary
powers as regards the subordination of particular organs of power
apply exclusively to the gubernias of Bryansk, Smolensk, Vitebsk,
Orel, Voronezh and Tula.”

I hope that you will be satisfied with this and that
Kudinsky will comply.

Lenin
Chairman, Council of People’s Commissars

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