444. TELEGRAM TO B. I. GOLDBERG

First published on February 23, 1938, in Pravda No. 53. Printed from the original. · page 296

19. X. 1919

Goldberg, Commander of the Reserve Army
Kazan

Have you received enough men for forming military units? Is the work going well? Are all the local functionaries helping you zealously?^[1] Read this telegram to them. Reply yourself and let them reply to me as well.

Lenin
Chairman, Council of Defence

Notes

[1] The text of the telegram from the word “men” to “zealously” was marked off by Lenin and he wrote “In code” in the margin.—Ed.