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Lenin

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INSTRUCTION ON I. N. SMIRNOV’S TELEGRAM [1]

1) Give 30,000 uniforms.

2) The entire 5th Army to be taken to the south at once, and
not after the Ishim (for the river Tobol is much larger and
broader than the river Ishim, and the length of the front
when transferred to the river Ishim is insignificantly shortened).

3) Turn the offensive in the direction of the Ishim into
a demonstration and withdraw (having prepared for this in the shortest space of time) to the river Tobol.

Instruct the Commander-in-Chief to discuss my proposals 1–3.

Lenin