TELEGRAM TO THE ORLOV REGIONAL COMMITTEE OF THE PARTY
Orel
Regional Committee of the Russian Communist Party (Bolsheviks) for Ukrainians
November 13, 1918
I have just received a greeting from revolutionary German soldiers* via Unеча. I consider it of utmost importance that you inform all border posts with Ukraine by telegraph about this development and, on my behalf, express our gratitude for the greeting extended by the revolutionary German soldiers, while at the same time appealing to them to assist in the swift and resolute liberation of Ukraine. Let the revolutionary German soldiers bring to completion the glorious German revolution they have begun—by arresting the White Guards in Ukraine and thereby freeing Ukraine.
Long live the revolutionary German soldiers in Ukraine!
Long live the fraternal alliance between the German Soviet Republic and the Ukrainian Soviet Republic!
Chairman of the Council of People’s Commissars
Lenin