V. I. LENIN'S AND I. V. STALIN'S DIRECTIVES
ON THE CAUCASUS

MESSAGE BY DIRECT WIRE TO G. K. ORDJONIKIDZE
Via Rostov-on-Don to Baku*
May 3, 1920
We again ask you urgently, without losing a single minute, to inform us of the motives for your telegram about the
delay.
Lenin. Stalin
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TELEGRAM TO MEMBER OF THE REVOLUTIONARY MILITARY COUNCIL OF THE CAUCASIAN FRONT
G. K. ORDJONIKIDZE
Baku via Rostov
May 5, 1920
Deliver through responsible persons, upon delivery inform
Sklyansky of the Revolutionary Military Council of the Republic.
The Central Committee obliges you to withdraw troops from the borders of Georgia to the
border and refrain from attacking Georgia.
After negotiations with Tiflis, it is clear that peace with Georgia
is not ruled out.
* Printed from a typewritten copy. At the top of the telegram is a
note: "Very Urgent (under the responsibility of the on-duty commissars
of the telegraph) via Rostov to Baku, to the location of Comrade Ordzhonikidze."