154. TELEPHONE MESSAGE TO N. I. MURALOV

Written not earlier than August 17 and not later than August 19, 1918 · First published in 1931 in Lenin Miscellany XVIII. Printed from the original. · page 133

Sereda urgently demands 200 poods of petrol for delivery of grain in Yelets Uyezd. Do not forget that grain is the chief and vital problem. Everything must be done. Reply immediately when precisely you will send the 200  poods of petrol to Sereda (Sereda, People’s Commissar for Agriculture, Yelets).

Lenin