V. I.

Lenin

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TELEGRAM TO V. A. RADUS-ZENKOVICH

July 8, 1910

Zenkovich, Chairman of the Gubernia Executive Committee
Saratov
Copy to Kurayev, Member of the Revolutionary Military Council 4
Copy to Plaksin, Chairman of the Gubernia Party Committee
Copy to Krylenko
Copy to Yaroslavsky

Telegraph as precisely as possible, if necessary in code,
what practical successes you have achieved, and whether
there is a change of mood in the garrison. It is essential
that special detachments should go round all the volosts
of the front-line area and work them over—organising the
poor peasants, removing the kulaks, taking hostages from
among them, suppressing the “Greens”, [1] returning deserters to duty. Particular attention to Atkarsk Uyezd and
Rtishchevo. I await a detailed factual reply.

Lenin
Chairman, Defence Council