V. I. Lenin

Decision of the C.P.C. on The Acceptance of the German Peace Terms {1}

Inaccordance with the decision adopted by the Central
Executive Committee of the Soviets of Workers’, Soldiers’ and Peasants’
Deputies at 4.30 a.m. on February 24, the Council of People’s Commissars
has resolved that the terms of peace proposed by the German Government be
accepted and a delegation sent to Brest-Litovsk

V. Ulyanov (Lenin)

Chairman, Council of People’s Commissars

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Notes:
{1}
The decision of the C.P.C. was communicated to the German Government in
Berlin at 7 am. on February 24. Nevertheless, in reply to the
radio-telegram of N. V. Krylenko, Supreme Commander-in-chief of the Soviet
troops, proposing that the armistice, previously concluded, should be
considered in force, the German command stated that it was no longer
valid. The German troops continued to advance right up to March 3, when the
peace treaty was signed.