V. I. Lenin

Source: ru:LS/v34;es:MT
Translated: machine translation (DeepSeek) from the Russian; AI-translated.

TELEGRAM TO THE REVOLUTIONARY MILITARY COUNCILS
OF THE TURKESTAN AND CAUCASUS FRONTS
January 28, 1920

In pursuance of the decision of the Council of People’s Commissars of January 13 on the removal of oil products from the Emba region by cartage, you are instructed: 1) To place at the disposal of the special representative of the Council of People’s Commissars, at his request, a maximum number of Red Army men, not less than 4,000, and not less than 2,500 carts for work in organising the said removal and carrying it out directly. The said Red Army men are to be supplied with warm clothing, footwear, tents, field kitchens, boilers and food in the amount of the full army ration. 2) The Fourth Army Food Supply Commission to take all measures for the timely and adequate supply of food for the Red Army men mentioned above, and of fodder for horses and camels, for the entire period of the work. 3) To carry out, at the request of the special representative of the Council of People’s Commissars, compulsory labour mobilisation of the entire local population and to introduce cartage duty with partial payment in kind for labour out of products sent to the disposal of the representative from Moscow, on January 29, according to rates fixed by the representative. 4) To send for the organisation of the said transport the available stocks in Uralsk of pack-saddles for camels and harness for horses, as well as those to be produced in the coming month.

Chairman of the Council of People’s Commissars
V. Ulyanov (Lenin)