LENINSKII SBORNIK
1 A. S. Enukidze in 1918—1922 was a member of the Presidium and secretary of the All-Russian Central Executive Committee.
2 Information about Vorontsov could not be found.
3 The VI All-Russian Congress of Soviets opened on November 6, 1918.

TELEGRAM TO I. I. VATSETIS AND L. D. TROTSKY

9. XI. 1918
Kozlov Arzamas
Revolutionary Military Council of the Republic
Commander-in-Chief Vatsetis, Chairman of the Revolutionary Military Council Trotsky

We propose appointing as commissar of supply under the chief of supply Martynov comrade Mosey Lvovich Rukhimovich.
Sverdlov spoke to Vatsetis about this long ago.
If this has not been carried out, why.

Lenin

1 The entire text, including the word "Rukhimovich," was written by I. V. Stalin.
M. L. Rukhimovich during the October Revolution was chairman of the Kharkov Revolutionary Committee, an active participant in the Civil War.

NOTE TO V. D. BONCH-BRUYEVICH

[1918, November, after the 10th]

Dear V. D.!

I am sending you the proofs and appendix II (tomorrow I will send its conclusion).
Do not forget tomorrow itself to order that all proofs be sent to me from the beginning of the pamphlet.
Greetings! Get well!

Your Lenin

1 This concerns V. I. Lenin's pamphlet "The Proletarian Revolution and the Renegade Kautsky" (see V. I. Lenin. Complete Collected Works, vol. 37, pp. 235—338).

1917 (DECEMBER) — 1918

23645, 23644

EXCHANGE OF NOTES WITH E. M. SKLYANSKI

[1918, November, not later than 26]

Could something be done about Dauge's son (this son is in military aviation school)? Dauge says that his son was falsely accused of White-Guard sympathies and for this reason (??!!) was expelled from the school—
Appoint by order of the People's Commissariat of War a commission absolutely consisting of Party members and experienced people?
I have no information whatsoever, only doubts owing to the bad company he was in. Removing him from this environment, I believe, would completely cure him.

But what bad company? with whom? when? where was he? for how long?

I don't know the details, except what the father said, and this is evidently merely anxiety regarding his fellow aviation students. I believe that he is simply apolitical and will be an excellent technician if only he is given the opportunity. Previously, the father, by his desire to keep him away from aviation dangers, spoiled his son's relationships.

1 E. M. Sklyanski—Deputy People's Commissar for Military Affairs.
2 P. G. Dauge—one of the founders of the Latvian Social-Democratic Workers' Party, historian, publicist, doctor of medicine. In 1918—People's Commissar of Enlightenment of Latvia, later—member of the collegium of the People's Commissariat of Health of the RSFSR.
3 From August 14, 1918, there exists a directive from V. I. Lenin to the school department of the Air Force Administration concerning the enrollment of M. P. Dauge in the Moscow Aviation School. Before this, he completed courses at the Moscow Higher Technical School, where he demonstrated great devotion to aviation and flying. Since the flight school admitted primarily communists, the father of M. P. Dauge appealed directly to V. I. Lenin with a request to help enroll his son in the aviation school, which M. P. Dauge successfully completed and fought courageously on the fronts of the Civil War (see Zharov F. I. Exploits of Red Pilots, Moscow, 1963, pp. 24—25).

TELEGRAM TO SUKHOPANOV IN TULA

28. XI. 1918
Tula Sukhopanov Partnership
Copy
To Gubchreszkom

Pay the fine immediately. Send a copy of your complaint to Gubchreszkom, in accordance with the law, so that Gubchreszkom immediately submit a conclusion to the Council of People's Commissars.

Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars
Lenin

LENINSKII SBORNIK
1 This telegram is a reply to Sukhopanov's telegram of November 28, 1918, to the Council of People's Commissars with a request to suspend arrest and the collection of the fine pending resolution of the complaint submitted to the SNK. On Sukhopanov's telegram is V. I. Lenin's notation: "to archives. Answered 28/XI" (TsPA IML at the CC CPSU).

LETTER TO A. G. SHLYAPNIKOV

29. XI
2. 1918

Dear Comrade Shlyapnikov!

I received your letter of 21/XI.
I receive your telegrams, it seems, all of them and I am helping.
Do not be nervous.
One can always manage to fulfill only part of what is requested
3.
It is impossible to travel abroad now.
I greatly regret that you have fallen ill. You must take treatment and continue taking it.
Prepare yourself a group of deputies in case you nonetheless have to leave—but try to recover and stay longer.

Greetings! Your Lenin

2/XII. I congratulate you on the successes of the North-Caucasian Army.
Once more I ask: do not be nervous. We are able to help you little now, but we will try to expand the assistance
4.

Your Lenin

1 At this time A. G. Shlyapnikov was Chairman of the Revolutionary Military Council of the Caspian-Caucasus Front.
2 On this day V. I. Lenin did not send the letter, but informed A. G. Shlyapnikov by telegram that he was sending the letter by courier and was forwarding all requests through the proper channels.
3 In his letter to V. I. Lenin of November 21, A. G. Shlyapnikov requested that 5,000 bayonets, 20 guns, and other technical means be sent to the Southern Front, and stressed the necessity of energetic support in connection with possible threat from Turkey.
4 V. I. Lenin received information on December 2 about the successful offensive of the 11th (North-Caucasian) Army from a telegram of the front commander. On the same day V. I. Lenin inquires of V. I. Nevsky what has been done regarding the request of A. G. Shlyapnikov, who insistently demanded that maneuvering and fast locomotives be sent to Astrakhan.