STATEMENT OF THE COUNCIL OF PEOPLE'S COMMISSARS
August 8, 1918

Taking into account:

1) that after Russia's withdrawal from among the warring powers, the Soviet government has constantly demanded the return to Russia of Russian soldiers found in France and has protested both against their further detention in France and against the inclusion of many of them in the foreign legion under the French army, and against the constant persecution of Russian soldiers unwilling to enlist in the aforementioned legion;

2) that Russian soldiers loyal to the Soviet Republic in France, despite all persecution, have stubbornly refused throughout to enlist in the aforementioned legion;

3) that at the present time French forces are conducting actual military operations against the Russian Republic and revolution, and therefore Russian soldiers serving in the ranks of the French army are indirectly assisting the actual war against the Republic and revolution,—

The Council of People's Commissars calls upon Russian citizens in France to struggle by all means at their disposal against their inclusion in the ranks of the French army; and those Russian citizens who facilitate such inclusion or voluntarily submit to it, the Council of People's Commissars declares to be enemies of the Republic and revolution.

Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars
V. Ulyanov (Lenin)

Printed from the original signed by V. I. Lenin.

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TELEGRAM TO THE PROVINCIAL LAND DEPARTMENT
Nizhny Novgorod
August 9 or 10, 1918

Do not release railroad ties for the Vladikavkaz railway. Load them according to the instructions of the military commissariat and the administration for the construction of new lines.

Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars
Lenin

Printed from the original signed by V. I. Lenin.

39471
TELEGRAM TO MILITARY COMMISSARS OF SARATOV AND TSARITSYN
August 12, 1918

The Lenin Regiment is proceeding to Baku. Take urgent measures for its rapid movement. You will be subject to strict accountability for any delay whatsoever. Inform the Operations Section of the People's Commissariat of War immediately regarding the time of arrival and departure.

Lenin

Printed from a typewritten copy.