TELEGRAM TO F. F. RASKOLNIKOV.
Astrakhan
To Comflot Rascolnikov
Copy to RVС 11, Kirov¹; copy to Astrakhan Guberniya Committee of the RCP
27.I.1920
We must mobilize every available resource and, without losing a single hour, transport all oil from Guriev with the utmost caution as soon as navigation opens. Please reply immediately: Have all necessary measures been taken? What is the current state of preparedness? What specific plans have been put in place? Have the most capable personnel been assigned to the task? Who is responsible for ensuring the safe maritime supply operation? [128]
Lenin.

S. M. Kirov was a member of the Revolutionary Military Council of the XI Army; F. F. Rascolnikov was Commander of the Volga–Caspian Flotilla.