TELEGRAM TO THE EXTRAORDINARY COMMISSAR
Petrozavodsk
7 July 1918

You are charged with the following duties:

1. Take all measures for the radical destruction of the railway tracks over the greatest possible distance.

2. Arrest foreigners who directly or indirectly aid the predatory campaign of the Anglo-French imperialists; if they resist, execute them by shooting.

3. Execute by shooting citizens of the Soviet Republic who render direct or indirect aid to the imperialist plunder.

Two million rubles are being transferred to your disposal. Military assistance being sent to you will be communicated separately*.

Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars
Lenin