Notes on Help to Kharkov^{1}

Written between January 3 and 17, 1919 · First published in 1933 in Lenin Miscellany XXIV. Printed from the manuscript. · page 122 · Translated by Bernard Isaacs

1) Send maximum amount of money to Kharkov.

2) The S.E.C. to send textiles, etc., there in the most urgent manner ....

3) Set up a Centre in Kharkov.

BOX: [ Send people
organisers, at least a few, familiar with food supply business.^{2} ]

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{1} These notes were written at a time when the Soviets were being restored in Kharkov. The city, which had been occupied by Petlyura, was liberated by the Soviet troops on January 3, 1919.

{2} The question of sending people to Kharkov was discussed at a meeting of the Council of Defence on January 17 and 27, 1919.