V. I.

Lenin

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TELEGRAM TO V. A. ANTONOV-OVSEYENKO

Governmental

Commander-in-Chief Antonov
Nikitovka

I have received the telegram concerning the appointment
of Falkovsky by you. I insistently ask you to act only in
full agreement with Luganovsky and in compliance with his directives as People’s Secretary of the sovereign
Ukrainian Republic. If disagreement with him arises, settle
it through Skrypnik, Zatonsky, Bosh, in the last resort
wire me, but never gainsay Luganovsky. The rich stores of
the Rumanian Government must be very strictly guarded so that they can be turned over intact to the Rumanian
people after the overthrow of the Rumanian counterrevolution.

Lenin

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