435. TELEGRAM TO I. N. SMIRNOV AND M. V. FRUNZE

First published in 1959 in Lenin Miscellany XXXVI. Printed from the original. · page 291

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

Notes

[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.