Unecha. To Chairman of the Unecha R.C.P. Ivanov

I thank all for their greetings. I am particularly touched by the greetings of the revolutionary soldiers of Germany. Now it is extremely important that the revolutionary soldiers of Germany immediately take effective part in the liberation of the Ukraine. To this end it is necessary, first, to arrest the Whiteguards and the Ukrainian authorities, and, second, to send delegates from the revolutionary troops of Germany to all German army units in the Ukraine for their swift and concerted action for the liberation of the Ukraine. Time does not wait. Not an hour must be lost.

Telegraph immediately whether the revolutionary soldiers of Germany accept this proposal.

Chairman of the Council of People’s Commissars, Lenin

Urgent. Out of turn.

Inform me at what hour Unecha received this.