V. I.

Lenin

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TELEGRAM TO J. V. STALIN [1]

Stepping up the movement of reinforcements from the
South-Western Front to the Caucasian Front is your concern. It is necessary in general to help in every way and
not wrangle about departmental competences. [2]

Lenin

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Notes:
[1]
Transmitted in code by direct line.— Ed.

[2]
Written in reply to Stalin’s telegram to Lenin saying: “I am
not clear why the Caucasian Front is primarily my concern....
Reinforcement of the Caucasian Front is wholly the concern of
the Revolutionary Military Council of the Republic, the members