341. TELEGRAM TO V. I. MEZHLAUK AND K. Y. VOROSHILOV

Written on May 30, 1919 · First published in part in 1942 in Lenin Miscellany XXXIV. Published in full in 1956 in the book: V. I. Lenin, Voyennaya perepiska, Moscow. Printed from the typewritten copy. · page 238

Comrade Mezhlauk and Comrade Voroshilov
Kharkov

A reply cannot be given before contacting Trotsky, whom Sklyansky is informing by telegraph.

I confirm that reinforcements must be given to the troops of the Southern Front without waiting for uniforms or arms, as our Southern Front will see to that. I have many times pointed out the catastrophic urgency of this matter, but from you I have no exact information on the actual number of reinforcements supplied by you to the Southern Front.

Lenin