V. I.

Lenin

604

To:   L. D. TROTSKY [1]

1

Comrade Trotsky, The Commander-in-Chief must be informed and asked
for his opinion. When you have received it, give me your
conclusion at the meeting of the Council of Defence, or let
us talk it over (if it does not end too late) by telephone, Lenin

2

There is some capriciousness here, I dare say. But the matter needs to be discussed urgently. And what
extraordinary measures should be taken?

Lenin

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Notes:
[1]
Written on Stalin’s telegram from Kremenchug dated June 4,
1920, and apparently received by Lenin during a sitting of the
Council of Labour and Defence. The telegram reported General
Wrangel’s intention to attack with one group of troops in the
Alyoshki-Kherson area, and to land another group in the Odessa
area so as to envelop it from two sides.

On receiving Trotsky’s note saying that Stalin had violated
the established rules by addressing himself directly to Lenin
(since such information should have been sent to the
Commander-in-Chief by A. I. Yegorov, commander of the forces on the
Southwestern Front), Lenin sent the second note to Trotsky.