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TELEGRAM TO S. V. MALYSHEV [1]

17. VIII. 1918

Sergei Malyshev
Ekaterinograd (Ekaterinenstadt), Samara Gubernia

Congratulations on success. Telegraph urgently and regularly how much has been collected and delivered to
Saratov, and when. It is particularly important not to attempt
too many things at once, but to collect in full all grain
surpluses first from one volost and to give it a huge bonus.
Telegraph fulfilment.

Lenin
Chairman, Council of People’s Commissars

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Notes:
[1]
Malyshev, in his capacity of authorised agent of the Union of
Communes of the Northern Region, headed the expedition along
the Volga of mobile trading barges carrying goods for exchange
against grain. Lenin’s telegram was in reply to Malyshev’s report
on the successful purchase of grain. See also this volume,
Document 384.