TO THE COMMISSAR OF THE PETER AND PAUL FORTRESS
January 1 (14), 1918
Release the arrested Romanian envoy and all members of the Romanian legation, declaring to them that they must take all measures to release the surrounded and arrested Russian troops at the front.
Take a receipt from the arrested Romanians upon their release, stating that this declaration has been communicated to them.
Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars
V. Ulyanov (Lenin)