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TELEGRAM TO V. A. ANTONOV-OVSEYENKO

Commander-in-Chief Antonov

Nikitovka [1]

We have nothing against the appointment of
Kozhevnikov. Make contact with Obolensky and the All-Ukraine

C.E.C. Do not act without agreement with Obolensky and the C.E.C.; if there are no objections on their part, we
agree to the appointment of Kozhevnikov as Commissar
Extraordinary of the Donets Basin.

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