439. TELEGRAM TO G. N. KAMINSKY

Written on October 16, 1919 · First published in part in 1960 in the book: Tak zakreplyalis zavoyevaniya Oktyabrya (Thus Were the October Gains Consolidated), Tula. Published in full in 1965 in Collected Works, Fifth Ed., Vol. 51. Printed from the text in Kaminsky’s handwriting. · page 293

The tardiness shown by you and other executives in the matter of entraining the cavalry is outrageous.

I warn you that the functionaries responsible for military work in Tula are obliged to display the greatest energy and efficiency, which I do not see in practice. Send me at once an explanation of the reasons for the delay. I shall   call the culprits to strict account. I demand that the dispatch be expedited to the utmost of your power.

Lenin
Chairman, Council of Defence