V. I.

Lenin

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To:   THE ALL-RUSSIA GENERAL HEADQUARTERS

31. V. 1919

Comrade Rattel, The bearer, Comrade Yevgenia Bogdanovna Bosh , is a
member of the Council of Defence of the Lithuanian– Byelorussian Republic.

Rifles and other arms are needed, also military instructors for organising workers’ battalions in Minsk.

It is said that the matter is being hindered by red tape
and so on.

Please ascertain as precisely and quickly as possible what
can and should be given, and telephone Sklyansky and myself.

V. Ulyanov (Lenin )
Chairman, Council of Defence

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