TO ALL DISTRICT SOVIETS,

TO ALL RED ARMY STAFFS

Around 3 o'clock in the afternoon two bombs were thrown at the German Embassy, seriously wounding Mirbach. This is a clear act of monarchists or those provocateurs who want to drag Russia into war in the interests of Anglo-French capitalists, who have bribed the Czechoslovaks. Mobilize all forces, get everyone on their feet immediately to capture the criminals. Detain all automobiles and hold them under triple verification[^128].

RADIOTELEGRAM OF A. A. IOFFE. JULY 6, 1918

Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars V. Ulyanov (Lenin)

Published July 7 (June 24), 1918 in the newspapers "Pravda" No. 138 and "Izvestiya VTsIK" No. 140

Written July 6, 1918

Printed from the manuscript

[^128]: Reference number preserved as in original