## ON LOCAL COUNCILS OF DEFENSE

### TELEGRAM TO THE ASTRAKHAN PROVINCIAL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, CITY EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, PARTY COMMITTEE
January 3, 1919

In response to your declaration regarding the organization of a Council of Defense in Astrakhan, the Council of Defense of the Republic declares that there is no need to establish local Councils of Defense.

Chairman of the Council of Defense
Lenin

Printed from the original signed by V. I. Lenin.