February 4, 1919

5 addresses. Moscow; Central Executive Committee, Council of Defense,
Council of People's Commissars, People's Commissariat of Internal Affairs, People's Commissariat of Military Affairs

In view of the urgency of the moment we are experiencing,
requiring the mobilization of all forces, principally in questions
of transport, food supply, and military matters, at the Presidium of the Provincial
Executive Committee a Council of Defense of Samara
Province has been organized consisting of the Presidium of the Provincial Executive Committee,
Provincial Military Commissar, Provincial Food Commissar, Chairman of the Provincial Council of the National Economy,
Chairman of the City Executive Committee, and Railroad Commissar. The decisions of the Council of Defense are binding within Samara Province.

To Sverdlov: stop this stupidity at once.