Not earlier than March 17, 1919

Do not be excessively hasty and do not begin with ultimatums: final decisions have not yet been made. One must think and delve into the matter. I am not a lover of ultimatums, but when the matter of transport is entrusted to the care of such elementary politicians as Zhukov and Avanesov, the business will be impossible to conduct, and this is not only my opinion.