Kharkov, Comrade Rakovsky

Ceka of the CP(b)U

The upcoming intense struggle with the White Polish army makes it impossible for the Ceka of the RCP to concentrate exclusive attention on the Wrangel front.

It is necessary for the Ceka of the CP(b)U to take measures on its part to allocate a significant number of the best workers to the Wrangel front, capable of raising the combat readiness of the units, strengthening the rear, and conducting

* At the end of the telegram, there is a postscript: "Forward through the headquarters of the Trans-Volga region, assigning responsibility to the commissar of the headquarters. Deputy Chairman of the Revolutionary Military Council of the Republic Sklyansky." Ed.

SIBERIAN BUREAU OF THE CC RCP(b). AUGUST 19, 1920 the struggle against desertion, banditry in the immediate rear, and so on. Report the measures taken to the Ceka of the RCP.
August 19. Lenin*