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TELEGRAM TO V. I. MEZHLAUK, K. Y. VOROSHILOV, G. N. MELNICHANSKY, F. A. ARTYOM, G. N. KAMINSKY

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Mezhlauk, Voroshilov, Melnichansky, Artyom, Kaminsky
Kharkov

It is necessary at all costs to put a stop immediately to the habit of holding meetings, to put all work of
whatever kind on a war footing, and appoint particular individuals responsible for the performance of precisely defined
jobs. There must be military discipline everywhere. The
Commander and Revolutionary Military Council of the 2nd
Army should make enquiries about everything of their immediate chief, that is to say, Gittis, and put a stop to
all fanciful schemes for forming special groups and similar attempts covertly to restore the Ukrainian Front. There
are sufficient uniforms and arms both in the Ukraine and
at the disposal of Gittis. If the chaos, the meetings and the
disputes about priority are eliminated, then everything can
be obtained. Report exactly the facts of the fulfilment of
specific orders, that is, about the arrival of army units
at their destination, the collection of arms, and so on.

Lenin

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