Trotsky assigned an inspection of the detachment. Trotsky was informed that the inspection yielded favorable results.

One cannot leave this matter alone!

In my opinion, you must immediately issue an order:
combine Birshert's detachment with two good Petrograd detachments under the overall command of a reliable person,
or assign to Birshert's detachment 2-3 reliable commissars and instructors with a requirement for reports from them 1-2 times a month.

Written in June, no later than the 15th, 1918.

First published in 1931 in Lenin Miscellany XVIII

Printed from the manuscript