V. I. Lenin

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

TO: M. M. LASHEVICH AND K. K. YURENEV

29.V.1919. In cipher
Simbirsk
Revolutionary Military Council of the Eastern Front
Gusev, Lashevich, Yurenev

At your insistence Kamenev has been appointed again.* If we do not win the Urals before the winter, I consider the collapse of the revolution inevitable. Strain every effort. Telegraph me in cipher in good time about every friction between Kamenev and the staff. Keep a closer watch on reinforcements; mobilise the entire population of the front area; keep a check on political work. Telegraph me the results weekly in cipher. Read this telegram to Muralov, Smirnov, Rozengolts and all prominent Communists and Petrograd workers. Acknowledge receipt. Pay special attention to the mobilisation of the Orenburg Cossacks. You are responsible for seeing that the units do not begin to disintegrate and that morale does not decline. Do not get carried away by operational matters.

Lenin