15 February 1919

Urgent

Lugansk, cartridge plant, to Commissar Menyailo

Telegraph urgently what materials, and in what quantity, are necessary for the maximum development of cartridge production. Can you conduct production with the existing personnel, what specialists and how many are still needed by the plant. Can you recruit the workers necessary to increase production to one and a half million daily. Send a detailed written report on available materials and products.

Chairman of the Council of Defence
Lenin

Printed from the original signed by V. I. Lenin.