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Lenin

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TELEGRAM TO THE SOVNARKOM OF THE PETROGRAD LABOUR COMMUNE

Chairman of the Sovnarkom of the Petrograd Labour Commune

In accordance with your statement by telephone we expect the immediate and formal withdrawal of the Red
Guard detachments, which, though few in number, entered

Finland against the wishes of the Soviet authorities. We
insist that a formal decision to this effect should be passed
by the Sovnarkom of the Petrograd Commune. We urgently request to be informed immediately of the full text of
this decision.

Lenin
Chairman, Council of People’s Commissars