Tula, to Kaminsky

I am now conveying to Krasin and concerning finances to Krestinsky 324. Take the strictest measures in general; as for the Red Army ration, I cannot decide now, they say they have been receiving a pound and a quarter. It is necessary

* On the back of the note, in the secretary’s handwriting, is the inscription: “Conveyed to Sklyansky 3/IV. 19.” Ed.

** Transmitted by direct wire. Ed.

to investigate the reasons for the decline in productivity. Keep us informed more frequently, both you and Orlov.

Chairman of the Council of People’s Commissars Lenin  
Telegraph form

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Written 4 April 1919

First published in 1959 in Lenin Miscellany XXXVI

Printed from the text.