E. V. LUGANOVSKY

[14 February 1918]

Kharkov
To the People's Secretary Luganovsky

I have issued an order to present me with a copy of the mandate given to Kudininsky by Podvoysky². I wonder whether this mandate could have extended to Ukraine, where all commissars traveling from here are obliged to be subordinate to the Ukrainian People's Secretariat and, consequently, to You.

I ask You to send a copy of this telegram or the original to Kudininsky and ask him to speak with me on the direct line. I hope this is a misunderstanding.

Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars Lenin