V. I. Lenin

Source: ru:LS/v37;es:MT
Translated: machine translation (DeepSeek) from the Russian; AI-translated.

EXCHANGE OF NOTES WITH L. D. TROTSKY

[1918, June, not earlier than the 15th]

In my opinion, we must draw up a statement for the press. The role of the
Government of Georgia:
they rejected
the Brest peace and are repeating
the Ukraine.

Who is this Kvirkelia?
I don’t
know.
Perhaps the report is incorrect?
I am afraid it is correct.
1 The document was written on a telegram from the Chairman of the Field Staff
of the Southern Front, V. M. Kvirkelia, reporting the landing of the first Ger-
man detachment at Poti on June 8, 1918, and the arming of German prisoners by the Georgian-
Muslim government, some of whom were landed
in Sukhumi together with detachments of the Georgian government, threatening
the Kuban Front and all Soviet troops in Transcaucasia.