V. I. Lenin

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

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TELEGRAM TO G. K. ORDZHONIKIDZE
Caucasian Front*
March 11, 1920

I am very glad of your report that you soon expect the complete rout of Denikin, but I fear your excessive optimism.

The Poles will evidently make war with them inevitable. Therefore the main task now is not the Caucasian Labour Army, but the preparation for the speediest transfer of the maximum number of troops to the Western Front. Concentrate all efforts on this task. Use the prisoners most energetically for the same purpose.

Lenin

* The telegram raised the question of abolishing the food commission of the Petrograd Military District in view of its complete inactivity.
**
By order of V. I. Lenin a copy of this telegram was sent to J. V. Stalin, who was at that time on the South-Western Front.
On the margin of the original, written in V. I. Lenin’s hand, there is his note: “All in c i p h e r”.

1920