V. I. Lenin

Source: ru:PSS/v50; en:CW/CW44;es:MT
Translated: machine translation (DeepSeek) from the Russian; AI-translated.

26. VIII. 1918

Saratov
To Smirnov, People’s Commissar for Internal Affairs (if he has left, forward to Urbakh)

I insist that you must by all means come to an understanding with Paikes, who is working excellently and rightly demands independence for the two uyezds. I greatly fear that you in Saratov are playing at collegial bodies when the situation demands energy and speed on the part of responsible leaders on the spot in the villages, not in the towns.

Telegraph me after your talks with Paikes.

Chairman, Council of People’s Commissars,
Lenin