TELEGRAM TO THE NKP(S)
February 17, 1920
In Samara, at the Tashkent Railway Station, drilling tools destined for urgent oil operations in the Volga region—originating from the Temir district—have been delayed for thirty-three days.
It is imperative to immediately order the urgent, extraordinary dispatch of the aforementioned tools to Simbirsk, addressed to Volgo-Slanc, via Batraki–Inza.
Chairman of the Council of People’s Commissars
Lenin