37. TELEGRAM TO V. A. ANTONOV-OVSEYENKO

Written on January 30 (February 12), 1818 · First published in 1942 in Lenin Miscellany XXXIV. Printed from the original. · page 62

Commander-in-Chief Antonov
Nikitovka

Petrol shortage threatens to bring the mines to a standstill; it will be impossible to pump out the water. We urgently ask you, if there is the slightest military possibility, to send all petrol to the mines, at the disposal of the Kharkov Regional Economic Council, 27 Sumskaya.

Lenin