V. I. Lenin

Telegram To Stalin And
Dzerzhinsky [1]

14.1.19

Glazov, for Stalin and Dzerzhinsky

Received and read first code message. Request both of you personally to see to execution of intended measures on
spot, otherwise no guarantee of success.

Lenin

Endnotes

[1]
On January 1, 1919, in view of the critical situation at Perm, the
Central Committee of the Party and the Council of Defence set up a
special commission to investigate the causes that had led to the
town's surrender, and to restore the situation at the front
defended by the Third Army. The commission was made up of
Dzerzhinsky and Stalin, members of the C.C. of the Party.

Lenin sent the telegram in reply to “The
Preliminary Report on the Progress of Investigation into the
Causes of Surrender of Perm”, which was compiled by
Dzerzhinsky and Stalin and gave account of measures taken by the
commission to redress the situation. The measures adopted by the Central Committee of
the Party and the Council of Defence bolstered up the left flank
of the Eastern Front, defended by the Third Army. In the latter
half of January 1919 the Third Army units launched an offensive
on some sectors of the front. By February 1919 the Third Army
had fully recovered its fighting efficiency and took part in the
general offensive of troops on the Eastern Front.