TELEGRAM TO I. N. SMIRNOV.
Omsk and at the respective locations
Revvoensovet of the 5th Army to Smirnov
December 26, 1919
With regard to your
4211: Instead of one hundred, dispatch two hundred
railway echelons and locomotives¹. Direct all available forces toward accelerating coal shipments

and clearing the rail lines, as well as toward safeguarding property against looting².
Report more frequently on progress made. [9911]
Lenin
1 In a telegram addressed to Lenin (No. 4211), I. N.
Smirnov, a member of
the Revvoensovet of the 5th Army, reported on the status of coal-loading operations from
Kolchugin and the Kuznetsk Basin.
2 The discussion concerns the protection, by Red Army troops in Omsk and along the railway lines up to Irkutsk, of the property of Kolchak’s retreating army.