– Can you speak on behalf of the regional committee of the army and navy?

– Of course, I can.

– Can you immediately send as large a number of destroyers and other armed vessels as possible toward Petrograd?

– We'll call the chairman of the Central Baltic Fleet right away, since this is purely a naval matter.

– What is new with you in Petrograd?

– There is word that Kerensky's forces have approached and taken Gatchina, and since part of the Petrograd forces are exhausted, the fastest and strongest reinforcements are urgently necessary.

– And what else?

– Instead of the question "what else," I expected a statement of readiness to move out and fight.

– Well, it seems there's no need to repeat that; we have declared our decision, consequently everything will be done in practice.

– Do you have reserves of rifles and machine guns, and in what quantity?

– Here is Mikhailov, chairman of the military section of the regional committee. He will tell you about the army of Finland.