V. I.

Lenin

372

TELEGRAM TO THE REVOLUTIONARY MILITARY COUNCIL OF THE SOUTHERN FRONT

In code

R.M.C., Southern Front

I have just learned from railwaymen that there has been
no railway connection with Tsaritsyn since the 18th. The
last station, they say, is Log. Is this true? If it is, why did
you conceal it and not report? What measures have been taken to restore the situation? Have you given the 10th
Army sufficient reinforcements, cartridges and shells? If
insufficient, are you now giving these and by what route?
The 10th Army complains of a shortage. I draw your attention again and again to the extremely great importance of
Tsaritsyn. Has a directive been given not to surrender
Tsaritsyn? Are you keeping to it decidedly, or is there a
different opinion? Reply precisely and urgently.

Lenin

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