V. I. Lenin

Source: ru:LS/v36
Translated: machine translation (DeepSeek) from the Russian; AI-translated.

[BETWEEN JANUARY 14 AND 23, 1920]

To Svidersky for his report to the Council of Defence.
Copy to Dzerzhinsky: I request that you press for the labour conscription.

Telegram
Moscow, to Glavleskom, copy to the Council of Defence

The timber-felling situation in Varnavino Uyezd is hopeless owing to the complete absence of fodder and currency... Half the timber-felling season has passed, during which only 2,000 poods of rye have been received; all hopes of improving food supplies from the local Railleskom have been lost, as it has so far been unable to organise its machinery. The timber-felling operations can be saved only by the immediate dispatch of food and fodder to the uyezd; otherwise the felled timber—30,000 cargo rafts—will inevitably be left where it is. The Uyezdleskom most emphatically demands effective, real assistance. Please pay serious attention to the fact that Varnavino Uyezd, though in incomparably worse conditions than the neighbouring uyezds as regards food and fodder supplies, has nevertheless felled considerably more timber than the latter. The Uyezdleskom awaits an urgent reply. Chairman of Uyezdleskom, Khokhlov.