December 19, 1918

Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars Comrade Lenin
December 18, 1918, 1 p.m. Tomorrow I am departing to the sector of the 9th Army, as I hope the main situation in the 8th Army sector has been regulated. Kochetovka is dissolving, the southeastern lines are beginning to accept. The situation in Tambov is improving, the Anna-Grafskaya line will not obstruct the acceptance of echelons. Of course, we must continuously monitor Voronezh, Tambov, Kozlov, Kochetovka. Detailed instructions have been adopted for the movement of echelons, and together with the Revolutionary War Council of the Southern Front an order has been issued improving the situation of railwaymen... I received notice that the question of the All-Russian Evacuation Commission is being discussed today in the Council of Defense...

Vladmirov

Why was this not transmitted to me yesterday, December 18, before 8 p.m. and in the Council of Defense (9–12 midnight)? Inquire in the Communications Office and in the Secretariat, investigate, and *find the guilty parties*.