V. I. Lenin

To Stalin

We have just received a dispatch from the head of the Soviet delegation in London. Great Britain has flinched from a
general strike, and Lloyd George has declared that he advises
Poland to accept our armistice terms, including disarmament, the
handing over of weapons to the workers, land distribution,
etc. Our victory is a great one, and will be complete if we smash
Wrangel. Here we are taking all measures. You, for your part,
should make every effort to take the whole of the Crimea without
fail, during the present offensive. Everything now depends on
that. The Poles are temporising, and have not arrived in
time. This is of tremendous advantage to us.

Lenin