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First published in 1959 in Lenin Miscellany XXXVI.
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Lenin
Collected Works,
Progress Publishers,
1975,
Moscow,
Volume 44,
page 291a.
Translated: Clemens Dutt
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R. Cymbala
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13. X. 1919
Two addresses
Smirnov, Revolutionary Military Council 5
Frunze, Commander of the Turkestan Front
Directive of the C.C.: all fronts to be robbed in favour of the Southern. Consider extra-urgent measures, for example, speedy mobilisation of local workers and peasants, to replace your units that can be sent to the Southern Front. The situation there is menacing.[1] Telegraph in detail in code.
Lenin
Chairman, Council of Defence
[1] Lenin marked off the text of the telegram from the words “all fronts to be robbed” to “The situation there is menacing” and wrote in the margin: “In code.”—Ed.
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