V. I. Lenin

Source: ru:LS/v18;es:MT
Translated: machine translation (DeepSeek) from the Russian; AI-translated.

2357*
Saratov. To Paikes.
[August 22, 1918, 12:05 p.m.]¹
I shall now speak on the telephone with the military men about all your
demands.² For the time being I advise you to appoint your own commanders
and shoot the wavering conspirators without asking anyone and without
permitting idiotic red tape, and to receive an answer from me either wait
at the telegraph office, or establish a duty roster, or fix a time in an hour
or two. Reply. [724]
Lenin.

2358
Saratov. To Paikes.
[August 22, 1918, 1:40 p.m.]³
I have just spoken with Aralov,⁴ everything is already being done, according
to his words, for sending you shells. Loading begins today, so it should be
finished in 2-3 days. Act more energetically against the kulaks.
Lenin.

¹ The date and time of transmission of the telegram are established from a note
at the top of the telegram text: "transmitted Saratov 22/VIII 13—5" (signature
illegible and there is also a note: "No. 331" (apparently the telegram number)
and the same date and time). The text of the telegram is written on the form of
the Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars.
² See the following document.
³ The date and time of dispatch are established from the telegraph form on which
Lenin's telegram is pasted.
⁴ S. I. Aralov—worked in the Moscow Military District. Member of the
Revolutionary Military Council.
LENIN MISCELLANY