V. I. Lenin

Source: ru:PSS/v50; en:CW/CW35;es:MT
Translated: machine translation (DeepSeek) from the Russian; AI-translated.

TO KH. G. RAKOVSKY, V. A. ANTONOV-OVSEYENKO,

N. I. PODVOISKY

5. V. 1919. In cipher

Kiev, to Rakovsky,
Antonov, Podvoisky

So far we have not received from you a single precise, factual reply as to what units have been moved to the Donbas, how many rifles, sabres, guns, at what station the advance echelons are. The capture of Lugansk proves that those who accuse you of being independent and of heading for Rumania are right.

* Here follow the signatures of J. V. Stalin and N. N. Krestinsky, written in V. I. Lenin’s hand.

TO THE MOSCOW SOVIET OR THE MOSCOW COMMITTEE OF THE R.C.P.(B.). MAY 5, 1919

Understand that you will be guilty of a catastrophe if you delay giving serious assistance to the Donbas.

Lenin

Please return to me with a note: sent in cipher at — hours — minutes.

Urgent

5. V. Lenin