V. I. Lenin

Source: ru:PSS/v50;es:MT
Translated: machine translation (DeepSeek) from the Russian; AI-translated.

Kharkov, to People’s Commissar Antonov

In view of the complaints of the People’s Secretariat about the friction that has arisen between you and the Central Executive Committee of the Ukraine, I request you to inform me, for your part, what the matter actually is; it goes without saying that our interference in the internal affairs of the Ukraine, in so far as it is not necessitated by military requirements, is undesirable. It is more convenient to carry out this or that measure through the local authorities, and in general it would be best if all misunderstandings were settled on the spot. 43

Lenin