V. I.

Lenin

131

TELEGRAM TO F. I. KOLESOV

17. VII. 1918

Kolesov, Chairman of the Council of People’s
Commissars of the Turkestan Republic
Tashkent

We are taking all possible steps to assist you. We are sending a regiment.

We are taking energetic measures against the
Czechoslovaks and do not doubt that we shall crush them. Do not
despair, try your utmost to make permanent and stable contact with Krasnovodsk and Baku.

Lenin
Chairman, Council of People’s Commissars