V. I.

Lenin

TELEGRAM TO IVANOV, CHAIRMAN OF THE UNECHA R.C.P.(B.) ORGANISATION [1]

November 13, 1918

Ivanov, Chairman of the Unecha R.C.P.
Unecha

I thank everyone for the greetings. Am particularly touched by the greetings from the revolutionary soldiers of
Germany. It is now extremely important that the revolutionary soldiers of Germany should take an immediate
and active part in liberating the Ukraine. First of all,
the whiteguards and the Ukrainian authorities must be arrested and, secondly, delegates from the revolutionary
troops of Germany must be sent to all German military units
in the Ukraine, so that they may take rapid and common action to liberate the Ukraine. There is no time to lose.
Not an hour must be wasted. Telegraph immediately whether the revolutionary soldiers of Germany are
accepting this proposal.

Lenin
Chairman, Council of People’s Commissars

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Urgent.
Top priority.
Report to me at what time Unecha received this.