V. I.

Lenin

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TELEGRAM TO THE VORONEZH GUBERNIA MILITARY COMMISSAR

Gubernia Military Commissar
Voronezh

I read your note to Trotsky. He and I fully agree that the telegram from Saratov is trustworthy and should be
promulgated, for it comes from people who sincerely condemn the adventure of the Central Committee of the Left
Socialist-Revolutionaries. [1]

Lenin

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Notes:
[1]
This evidently refers to the fact that at a meeting convened by
the Saratov Committee of the Left Socialist-Revolutionary Party
in connection with the Left Socialist-Revolutionaries’ revolt in
Moscow, a decision was adopted condemning the actions of the C.C.
of the Left Socialist-Revolutionaries tending to undermine Soviet
power. The Saratov combat squad of Left Socialist– Revolutionaries at their meeting denounced the treachery of the Left
Socialist-Revolutionaries in Moscow and declared that they stood by
the platform of defence of Soviet power.

On receipt of a report from Saratov on the decisions adopted
by the meeting of the Left Socialist-Revolutionaries, Lenin sent
it to Pravda with the following introductory words: “Commissar
Ivanov, travelling to the Caucasus, reports from Saratov.” It was
published in Pravda with this introduction.