LETTER TO A. G. SHLYAPNIKOV

29. X I
2. 1918
Dear Comrade Shlyapnikov!
I received your letter of 21/XI.
Telegrams
I am receiving yours, it seems, all and helping.
Don't get nervous.
It is always possible to fulfill only a part of what is being
asked for
3.
It is now impossible to go abroad.
I deeply regret that you fell ill. You need to be treated and treated.
Prepare for yourself a group of deputies in case you still
have to leave - but try to recover and stay longer.
Greetings! Your Lenin
2/XII. Congratulations on the successes of the North Caucasus Army.
Once again, I beg you, do not be nervous. We can do little to help you
now, but we will try to expand assistance

4.
Your Lenin
1 At this time, A. G. Shlyapnikov was chairman of the Revolutionary Military Council of the
Caspian-Caucasian Front.
2 On this day, V. I. Lenin did not send a letter, but informed A. G. Shlyap-
nikov by telegram that he was sending the letter by courier and was forwarding all requests
as appropriate.
3 In a letter to V. I. Lenin of November 21, A. G. Shlyapnikov asked for
5000 bayonets, 20 guns, and other technical resources to be sent to the Southern Front, regarding the need for energetic support in connection with a possible threat
from Turkey.
4 V. I. Lenin received information on December 2 about the successful offensive of the
11th (North Caucasian) Army from the telegram of the front commander.
On the same day, V. I. Lenin inquired of V. I. Nevsky about what had been
done at the request of A. G. Shlyapnikov, who persistently demanded the sending of maneuvering and fast locomotives to Astrakhan.

1917 (DECEMBER) - 1918