27. II. 1920

All in code

To Trotsky

Of course, I will not object to the disbanding of the army apparatuses of Sovoborona [People's Commissariat for Defense]. All signs indicate that Poland will present us with absolutely impossible, even insolent, conditions. We must direct all our attention to preparing and strengthening the Western Front. I consider it necessary to take urgent measures to quickly transport everything possible from Siberia and the Urals to the Western Front. I am afraid we may have been a bit hasty with the labor armies if we do not use them entirely for

TO THE COLLEGIUM OF COMPROD. 27 FEBRUARY 1920

accelerating the supply to the Western Front. We need to give the slogan to prepare for war with Poland.

Lenin

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First published partially in 1934 in the journal "War and Revolution" No. 1

Published in full in 1945 in Lenin Collection XXXV

Printed from the manuscript