TELEGRAM TO THE SIMBIRSK GUBERNIA EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE  
Simbirsk.  
To the Gubernia Executive Committee or, if it is not in session, to the local military authority.  
16 October 1918  
I have received a complaint from Sergei Sakharov that he was arrested, allegedly through a misunderstanding, in connection with the departure of his family with small children to Samara. I request an expedited clarification of the case, especially whether there are any indications of Sergei Sakharov’s involvement with the White Guards. [995]  
Chairman of the Council of People’s Commissars, Lenin.