482. TELEGRAM TO I. N. SMIRNOV

Written on December 15, 1919 · First published in 1959 in Lenin Miscellany XXXVI. Printed from the typewritten copy. · page 316

By direct line

Smirnov
Revolutionary Military Council
Omsk

Congratulations on the capture of Novonikolayevsk.   See that the Kuznetsk area and coal are seized intact. Remember, it will be a crime to forge too far ahead in the East, when it is necessary with vigorous energy....^[1]

Inform me of the hour of receipt of this telegram.

Lenin
Chairman, Council of People’s Commissars

15/XII.

Notes

[1] The rest of the telegram has not been deciphered.—Ed.