V. I.

Lenin

451

To:   ALL MEMBERS OF THE POLITICAL BUREAU OF THE C.C., R.C.P.(B.) [1]

To all members of the Politbureau, for signature

I think the request should be granted and a decision taken that either the Commander-in-Chief should be called in personally, or the draft directives sent to him for his
urgent opinion. The Commander-in-Chief to be informed about this in writing.

Lenin

22/X.

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Notes:
[1]
Written on a report from Commander-in-Chief S. S. Kamenev
asking that drafts of governmental directives on operational
matters should first be submitted for consideration to the Supreme
Command. The document bears the following notes: “I agree.
Only notice should be given not in the name of the Central
Committee, but in the name of the Chairman of the Revolutionary
Military Council of the Republic. =

N. Krestinsky , L. Kamenev .” = “I agree with the request of the Commander-in-Chief. M. Kalinin .”