V. I.

Lenin

254

TELEGRAM TO M. V. FRUNZE

In code
Secret

Frunze, R.M.C., Southern Front [1]

Having received the exultant telegrams from Gusev and yourself, I am afraid of excessive optimism. Remember that
at all costs you must enter the Crimea on the heels of the
enemy. Prepare as carefully as possible, and check whether
all the fords for taking the
Crimea [2] have been studied.

Lenin

October 16, 1920

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Notes:
[1]
Frunze was made Commander of the Forces of the Southern Front
in September 1920.

[2]
The Crimea was liberated by the Red Army in November 1920.