V. I.

Lenin

399

TELEGRAM TO L. D. TROTSKY

Trotsky, Chairman, Revolutionary Military Council

While in the Ukraine, you, of course, ascertained the position there. Please report the state of the troops, their
capacity to offer resistance to Denikin, whether, at last,
really serious measures have been taken there, whether they are capable of defending themselves, whether they are
giving systematic instruction to the workers and peasants
about a secret organisation in Denikin-occupied localities,
particularly an organisation in his troops, as also mobilisation of Ukrainians, and whether the Ukrainian Communists
realise the full gravity of the situation.

Lenin

July 29, 1919

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