V. I. Lenin

Source: en:CW/CW44; ru:PSS/v51;es:MT
Translated: machine translation (DeepSeek) from the Russian; AI-translated.

By direct line to Trotsky
Coded for the Central Committee

The Poles are advancing further; we have evacuated Rechitsa. Gomel is considered under threat, therefore, contrary to Stalin’s optimism, I consider all the emergency measures you have proposed as necessary and urgently necessary. Regarding the Commissariat of Railways, the Political Bureau has decided to propose that you become People’s Commissar for Railways, since Krassin is leaving for abroad in a week, and Lomonosov, after typhus, will recover only in six weeks.164 Reply immediately.

Lenin