V. I.

Lenin

To all frontier Soviets

According to the latest information, German soldiers have arrested a delegation of German generals on their way
to negotiate an armistice. German soldiers have entered
into direct negotiations with French soldiers. Kaiser
Wilhelm has abdicated. Chancellor Prince of Baden has resigned. The new Chancellor is to be the government
Social-Democrat Ebert. General strike has swept all major cities
of Southern Germany. The whole German navy is on the side of the revolution. All German ports in the North Sea
and the Baltic are in the hands of the revolutionary navy.
We have received from the Kiel Council of Soldiers’
Deputies a radio message, addressed to the international
proletariat, to the effect that the German navy is flying the
red flag and that funeral services for those who fell for
liberty are to be held today. All this will very probably
be concealed from the German soldiers on the Eastern Front
and in the Ukraine. By all the means at your disposal bring
these facts to the knowledge of the German soldiers.

Chicherin
People’s Commissar for Foreign Affairs

Lenin
Chairman, Council of People’s Commissars

Moscow
By radio

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