APPEAL TO WATER TRANSPORT WORKERS \
To the Siberian, Saratov, Southern, Caucasian districts of lines of communication, to all oblast and district administrations, linear departments, exploitation sectors and transit offices of water transport.
[End of September 1921]
The famine that has befallen the Volga region, along with the shortage of fuel and materials in the country, imperatively dictates to you, water transport workers, to complete before the closure of navigation all water transport of food, military, fuel and other cargoes, so that the Soviet republic may emerge victorious this time as well. We are firmly convinced that you will make every effort to deliver the cargo to the destinations in a timely manner and to ensure the safe and orderly placement of vessels in convenient and safe points for wintering and repairs. [01160]
Chairman Lenin.
Deputy People's Commissar of Railways A. Emshanov.
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