August 23, 1918
Certificate
The bearer, Comrade Ivan Petrovich Rumyantsev, is authorised 
by the Council of People’s Commissars to act [in] the front‑line 
zone for the organisation of food detachments, and to serve 
as political commissar attached to military commanders. It is instructed 
to accept from him telegrams addressed to Moscow, the Council of People’s Commissars, the Central Executive Committee.
All Soviet and military authorities are to render the bearer 
Ivan Petrovich Rumyantsev every possible assistance without delay.
Chairman of the Council of People’s Commissars:
V. Ulyanov (Lenin) *