V. I.

Lenin

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TELEGRAM TO V. I. MEZHLAUK AND K. Y. VOROSHILOV

Mezhlauk, Voroshilov
Kharkov
Copy to Melnichansky, Artyom, Kaminsky

The Political Bureau of the Central Committee met on
June 1. In full agreement with Trotsky,, it firmly rejects
the plan of the Ukrainians to unite the 2nd, 8th and 13th
armies, and to create a special Donets unity. [1]

We demand that Voroshilov and Mezhlauk fulfil their direct task—that of building a strong Ukrainian army.
Tomorrow or the day after, Trotsky will summon you to
Izyum and give orders in more detail. Report more exactly,
more frequently and in a strictly factual way what you have
done and, in particular, how much army property
Voroshilov captured from Grigoriev and in other places.

On behalf of the Political Bureau of the C.C., Lenin

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