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Lenin

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TELEGRAM TO I. N. SMIRNOV

All in code
21. X. 1919

Smirnov
Revolutionary Military Council 5
Copies to Pozern and Sternberg
Revolutionary Military Council, Eastern Front

Frumkin passed on to me your ideas about the Eastern
Front being unnecessary. Repeat more exactly. We are devilishly in need of command personnel. Further, inform
me how many troops, considering the offensive you have begun, you can give to the Southern Front, and when.

Lenin
Chairman, Council of Defence

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