[February 17, 1918]

February 17, 1918
Government
Nikitovka
Commander-in-Chief
Antonov
Received telegram about your appointment of Falkovsky.
I strongly request that you act only in full accordance with Luganovsky and under his instructions as People's
Secretary of the sovereign Ukrainian republic. Should any
disagreements arise with him, settle them through Skrypnik, Zatonovsky,
Bosh, or finally, telegraph me, but never contradict
Luganovsky.
The rich stores of the Romanian government must be protected with extreme strictness, to be handed over intact
to the Romanian people after the overthrow of the Romanian counter-revolution.
Lenin