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TELEGRAM TO A. L. KOLEGAYEV

10. III. 1919

Kolegayev, Chief of Supply, Southern Front
Kozlov or present whereabouts

How many food trains have been dispatched to Moscow and how many can you dispatch next month? Has
everything been done in fulfilment of the Central
Committee’s directive on measures to collect foodstuffs in
Don Region? Exactly how much has been collected and delivered, how is the collecting going? Have you enough
workers from the centre for food work? Please reply by telegraph. [1]

Lenin
Chairman, Council of People’s Commissars

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Notes:
[1]
Kolegayev replied by telegram that three trains with foodstuffs
had been dispatched to Moscow. The telegram also gave information on the progress of the food collection and pointed out
that to expedite procurements it was essential to send additional
workers and responsible food supply executives from the centre.