TO IVANOV, CHAIRMAN OF THE UNECHA ORGANIZATION OF THE RCP(b)

13. XI. 1918

Unecha
To the Chairman of the Unecha RCP Ivanov

I thank you for the greetings of all. I am especially moved by the greetings of the revolutionary soldiers of Germany. Now it is extremely important that the revolutionary soldiers of Germany take immediate and effective action in the liberation of Ukraine. For this it is necessary, in the first place, to arrest the White Guards and the Ukrainian authorities; in the second place, to send delegates from the revolutionary troops of Germany to all German military units in Ukraine for their swift and general action in the liberation of Ukraine. Time does not permit delay. We cannot lose a single hour.

Telegraph at once whether the revolutionary soldiers of Germany accept this proposal.

Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars Lenin

URGENT.

OUTSIDE ALL PRIORITY QUEUES.

Deliver to me information at what time Unecha received this.

In 1937 in the book: E. Gerasimov and
M. Erlich. "Nikolai Aleksandrovich
Shchors. Combat Path," Moscow

Published in full in 1950 in the 4th edition of the Collected Works
of V. I. Lenin, vol. 35

Printed from the manuscript

First published incompletely