V. I.

Lenin

124

TELEGRAM TO S. P. NATSARENUS

Natsarenus, Commissar Extraordinary
Petrozavodsk

You are charged with the following duties:

1. To take all measures for the thorough destruction of
the railway line over the greatest possible distance.

2. Foreigners directly or indirectly assisting the
predatory campaign of the Anglo-French imperialists to be
arrested, in case of resistance—to be shot.

3. Citizens of the Soviet Republic directly or indirectly
assisting in imperialist plunder—to be shot.

Two million rubles are being remitted and put at your disposal. You will be informed separately about the
military aid to be sent to you. [1]

Lenin
Chairman, Council of People’s Commissars

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Notes:
[1]
The last sentence of the telegram is in Lenin’s handwriting.—
Ed .