DRAFT MANDATE OF AN AUTHORISED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE COUNCIL OF PEOPLE'S COMMISSARS.
[December 1918]
[May]
Mandate.
The bearer, Comrade is authorised by the Council of People's Commissars to act in the
front-line zone for the organisation of food detachments
and to act as a political commissar attached to military commanders.
He is authorised to send telegrams to the Council of People's
Commissars and the All-Russia Central Executive Committee in Moscow.
All Soviet and military authorities are to render the bearer every
assistance without delay.