6. VIII. 1918

Petrozavodsk

To the Extraordinary Military Commissar Natsarenus

Copy to Petrograd, Zinoviev

Together with Trotsky I consider Natsarenus's departure from the dangerous and important point — Petrozavodsk — unlawful and inadmissible.

Return to Petrozavodsk and demand explanations*.

Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars Lenin

Published for the first time, from the manuscript