37419
MEMORANDUM TO THE PEOPLE'S COMMISSARIAT
FOR NAVAL AFFAIRS
July 13, 1918
I very much request that all measures be taken to expedite the delivery
of naval vessels of all suitable types* to the Caspian Sea.
Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars
V. Ulyanov (Lenin)
42384
ON THE ORGANIZATION OF AN EXTRAORDINARY COMMISSION
FOR COMBATING COUNTER-REVOLUTION
ON THE CZECHO-SLOVAK FRONT
(DECISION OF THE COUNCIL OF PEOPLE'S COMMISSARS, JULY 16, 1918)
For the successful struggle against the growing counter-revolution
on the Eastern Internal Front, in connection with the Czecho-Slovak
uprising, the Council of People's Commissars entrusts Latvets (Lačis)
with organizing an Extraordinary Commission for combating counter-
revolution on the Czecho-Slovak front under the Council of People's
Commissars.
All commissions for combating counter-revolution and sabotage
under the Soviets in the front-line zone are directly subordinate to it.
Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars
V. Ulyanov (Lenin)
Printed from the original, signed by
V. I. Lenin.
* The memorandum was written by V. I. Lenin on a letter from the head
of the supply bureau of the North Caucasus Military District to the Naval
Collegium, in which he requested the delivery to the Caspian Sea and the Kura
River of "8-10 vessels with motor engines of the type of Nixon boats or
patrol boats of the Stationary type... The boats should be equipped with
37 mm, 47 mm guns and machine guns. It is necessary,—it was stated in the
letter,—to provide the boats with spare parts for the engines, especially
those that wear out and break more often. For the Kura, the vessel's draft
should not exceed 4 feet... The vessels must be urgently directed to the
disposal of the naval section of the Baku Sovnarkom."

23512
TELEGRAM TO THE VOLGA COMMISSARIAT
FOR GERMAN AFFAIRS
Saratov
July 17, 1918
Send immediately one company of German colonists, if you can find
completely reliable, fully Soviet, internationalists who know Russian*.
Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars
Lenin
23526
TELEGRAM TO THE EXTRAORDINARY COMMISSAR
Petrozavodsk
July 24, 1918
I am forwarding your telegram to Komprod. The food situation is now
very bad. It is unlikely whether we will be able to help. It is necessary
to organize everything and the best and most reliable for sending detachments
to the Czecho-Slovak front. Without victory over the Czecho-Slovaks, there
will be no bread.
Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars
Lenin
* The German government, taking advantage of the provocative assassination
of the German ambassador Mirbach in Moscow by a left SR on July 6, demanded
the introduction of a battalion of German soldiers into Moscow, allegedly
for the protection of the embassy. This demand was rejected by the Soviet
government. It was planned to create a special detachment for the protection
of the German embassy, as mentioned in this telegram. Soon, the German
embassy moved to Pskov, occupied by the Germans.