V. I. Lenin

Source: ru:LS/v38
Translated: machine translation (DeepSeek); AI-translated.

NOTE TO E. M. SKLYANSKY
[1920, not later than October 12]
Submit to the Organising Bureau (to the Political Bureau), come to an agreement today with Krestinsky on immediate measures to eliminate the squabble.¹

¹ The document is written on an extract from a direct-line conversation between Commander-in-Chief S. S. Kamenev and the commander of the troops of Tambov Governorate, Pavlov, concerning the seriousness of the situation in Tambov due to the strife between the party organisation and the governorate executive committee, which hindered successful struggle against banditry, and concerning the need to create a Revolutionary Military Council including A. G. Shlikhter and V. N. Meshcheryakov.
The document bears a note by E. M. Sklyansky stating that he had spoken about this with the Secretary of the Central Committee of the RCP(b), N. N. Krestinsky, and that V. A. Antonov-Ovseyenko was being sent there with the aim of improving the general situation in Tambov Governorate.
On March 3, 1921, Antonov-Ovseyenko reported from Tambov on the measures he had taken to create a normal situation in Tambov and the governorate, and on the successful struggle against kulak bands.