V. I.

Lenin

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TELEGRAM TO L. D. TROTSKY

Top secret
Trotsky
Kazan or Sviyazhsk

Congratulations on the capture of
Simbirsk. [1] I think the maximum effort must be made to clear Siberia as
quickly as possible. Do not grudge money for bonuses.
Telegraph whether Kazan’s valuable objects have been saved
and how many of them. Tomorrow I shall be back at work again.

Lenin

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Notes:
[1]
Simbirsk was liberated on September 12, 1918, by units of the
Iron Division led by G. D. Gai.