TO THE CAUCASIAN BUREAU OF THE CC  
NOTE BY DIRECT LINE (CIPHER)  
August 19, 1920  
A stubborn struggle with the White Poles still lies ahead. The CC can therefore assign only a limited number of personnel to the Wrangel front. The Caucasian Bureau of the CC must take the strictest account of and distribute forces, with the Wrangel front as its main task. It is necessary to help reinforce the political department, the special department, and the tribunals of the armies, to raise the combat effectiveness of the units by giving them the best Communists. Report to the CC on the measures taken.

Lenin. Stalin  
Printed from a typewritten copy.