V. I.

Lenin

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TELEGRAM TO I. N. SMIRNOV [1]

26. XII. 1919

Smirnov
Revolutionary Military Council 5
Omsk or present whereabouts

Re your No. 4211: transfer not one hundred, but, two hundred trains and locomotives. Rally all forces to
expedite coal and relieve the railway, as well as to guard
property against pilferage. Report fulfilment more frequently.

Lenin

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Notes:
[1]
Written in reply to I. N. Smirnov’s telegram addressed to Lenin
reporting on the progress of work for dispatching coal from
Kolchugino and the Kuznetsk Basin.

Lenin gave directives for the troops of the Red Army to guard
the property left by Kolchak’s retreating army at Omsk and
along the railway line to Irkutsk.