Kiev, Sovnarkom
To Rakovsky

“Three hundred sent to Kiev and Kharkov each; tomorrow one hundred each is being sent for Yekaterinoslav and Odessa. Next week we will send a total of 500, thereafter 350 per week**. Krestinsky.”

* The text of the telegram, except for the first and last sentences, was marked off by V. I. Lenin, who wrote in the margin:
“In cipher.” Ed.

** This refers to the dispatch of money to Ukraine in millions of rubles. Ed.

TELEGRAM TO M. M. LASHEVICH AND K. K. YURENEV. JULY 17, 1919

In communicating this reply to you, I request that you answer me whether you are satisfied or not, and if not, what exactly you want.

Lenin

Written July 16, 1919

Printed for the first time,

from a typewritten copy