[February 19, 1920]

To Krestinsky and L. B. Kamenev
To the members of the Politburo:
I am against summoning Stalin. He is fault-finding. The Commander-in-Chief is absolutely right: first, Denikin must be defeated, then we can transition to a peaceful situation.

I propose to answer Stalin: "The Politburo cannot summon you now, considering it the most important and urgent task to utterly defeat Denikin, for which you must accelerate reinforcements to the Caucasian Front with all your might."
Lenin