V. I. Lenin

Source: ru:PSS/v50;es:MT
Translated: machine translation (DeepSeek) from the Russian; AI-translated.

TELEGRAM TO I. I. VATSETIS AND S. I. ARALOV 

In cipher 

Serpukhov 

To Commander-in-Chief Vatsetis and Member of the Revolutionary Military Council of the Republic Aralov

Advance into part of Galicia and Bukovina is necessary for contact with Soviet Hungary. This task must be solved more quickly and more firmly, and beyond the limits of this task no occupation of Galicia and Bukovina is needed, for the Ukrainian army must on no account and under no circumstances be diverted from its two main tasks, namely: the first, most important and most urgent—to help the Donets Basin. This help must be achieved quickly and on a large scale. The second task—to establish firm railway connections with Soviet Hungary. Communicate your directives to Antonov and the measures for checking their fulfilment.

Chairman of the Council of Defence, Lenin