V. I.

Lenin

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TELEGRAM TO THE REVOLUTIONARY MILITARY COUNCIL OF THE SOUTHERN FRONT

Top priority [1]

R.M.C., Southern Front
Kozlov

The All-Russia General Headquarters has given me exact information, verified by Kursky, that between May 15 and
July quotas fulfilled for the Southern Front amounted to
70,000, and between July 1 and 7 to 22,000. If not received,
take special measures and notify me at once whether you
still insist on a call-up of the 18-year-olds. Would it not
be better for the time being to take others? [2]

Lenin
Chairman, Council of Defence

July 8, 1919