Date: 1918-08-15
Source: ru:PSS/v50
Source: CW vol 50

Orsha

In case of necessity, you will be given permission to use the direct line.

My advice is to gradually take measures to disarm and expel the decomposed units and hooligan elements. Enlist the help of members of the local soviet and the oblast committee for this most important task, as it is a matter of first-rate state importance. Inform the local soviets and party committees of this telegram.

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Written on August 15, 1918

First published from the manuscript