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331 TELEGRAM TO V. I. MEZHLAUK 20. V. 1919 Mezhlauk, Deputy People’s Commissar for Military Affairs Kharkov
Report regularly twice weekly in code what you are doing to liberate the Donets Basin. I fear your energy is already flagging, and yet it is absolutely essential that Kharkov strain every effort in order quickly and resolutely to finish the job.
Chairman, Council of People’s Commissars First published on January 2 0 , Printed from the original 1 9 2 9 , in Krasnaya Zvezda No. 1 7
Gubernia Executive Committee Novgorod Copy to the Extraordinary Commission Copy to the Gubernia Commissar for Food Apparently, Bulatov has been arrested for complaining to me. I warn you that I shall have the chairmen of the Gubernia Executive Committee and Extraordinary Commis- sion, and the members of the Executive Committee arrested for this and will insist on their being shot. Why did you not reply at once to my inquiry? 227
Lenin Chairman, Council of People’s Commissars Written on May 2 0 , 1 9 1 9 First published in 1 9 3 3 Printed from the original in Lenin Miscellany XXIV 233 TELEGRAM TO KH. G. RAKOVSKY. MAY 22, 1919 333 TELEGRAM TO L. D. TROTSKY In code 22. V. 1919 Trotsky I have just learned of the break-through of our front at Riga. Riga is evidently lost. 228
Most likely treachery of the Lettish bourgeois officers. Possibly also preparations for a general, determined offensive along the whole Western Front. All this obliges us to increase tenfold the attack on the Donets Basin and at all costs to put down the revolt on the Don immediately. Sklyansky and I will send another thousand trainees there over and above the thousand sent yesterday. * I advise you to devote yourself wholly to liquidating the revolt. Lenin First published in 1 9 4 2 Printed from the original in Lenin Miscellany XXXIV 334 TELEGRAM TO KH. G. RAKOVSKY In code
Rakovsky Kiev
The C.C. of the R.C.P. directs that the C.C. of the C.P. of the Ukraine should not put forward for discussion by the Ukrainian Council of People’s Commissars such im- portant financial decisions as the issue of new currency notes or the exchange of Ukrainian rubles without a pre- liminary inquiry of the C.C., R.C.P., since such measures can be taken only on an all-Russia scale. * The words “over and above the thousand sent yesterday” are in Sklyansky’s handwriting.—Ed. V. I. L E N I N 234
Reply in detail whether you consider it possible to put through this directive. *
Written on May 2 2 , 1 9 1 9 First published in 1 9 4 2 Printed from the text in Lenin Miscellany XXXIV in Krestinsky’s handwriting with additions by Lenin 335 TELEGRAMS TO THE TAMBOV AND VORONEZH GUBERNIA MILITARY COMMISSARS 1 Urgent, top priority 24. V. 1919 Gubernia Military Commissar Tambov Copy to the Gubernia Executive Committee You informed me that you have sent Sokolnikov 669 Communists and will send 200 on the 22nd. Yet only three hundred have arrived. Check this and reply at once. Dis- patch must be stepped up most energetically. Lenin Chairman, Council of People’s Commissars First published in 1 9 4 2 Printed from the original in Lenin Miscellany XXXIV
Urgent
top priority 24/V. 1919 Gubernia Military Commissar Voronezh
Copy to the Gubernia Executive Committee Report how many Communists have been sent to Sokol- * The last sentence is in Lenin’s handwriting.—Ed. 235 TELEGRAM TO THE ODESSA EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. MAY 24, 1919 nikov. Reply at once. Dispatch must be stepped up with the utmost vigour. 229
Chairman, Council of People’s Commissars First published in 1 9 6 5 Printed from the text in in Collected Works, an unknown hand Fifth Ed., Vol. 5 0
24/V—19
Executive Committee Odessa
Copy to Rakovsky, Council of People’s Commissars, Kiev Allowing foreigners to leave on their own is criminal. To let Russians out under the guise of foreigners is a counter-revolutionary act, tantamount to treason. Foreigners in general should not be allowed out without compensation which can only be ordered by the central government. Citizens of the Entente countries should not be allowed to go, other than by way of exchange carried out by the cen- tral government. Not a single Frenchman should be allowed to go out until the return of the soldiers from France, among whom there are many Ukrainians. Those guilty of violating this should be held strictly responsible. Bear in mind that the Finnish Government, obviously at the instigation of the Entente, is hindering the release to Russia of Russian soldiers; therefore do not allow a single bourgeois, a single person, to leave Odessa and the Ukraine. Exceptions— Chinese workers, Persians, by orders from the centre. 230
Lenin Chairman, Council of People’s Commissars First published in 1 9 6 5 Printed from in Collected Works, the typewritten Fifth Ed., Vol. 5 0 text, added to and signed by Lenin
V. I. L E N I N 236
337 TELEGRAM TO KH. G. RAKOVSKY Rakovsky
Congratulations on the capture of Alexandria and Zna- menka.
231 I emphatically request that the released forces be sent to the Donets Basin.
Written on May 2 4 , 1 9 1 9 First published in 1 9 4 2 Printed from the original in Lenin Miscellany XXXIV
Rakovsky
Kiev * Directive of the C.C. Concentrate all forces on the Donets Basin, take all you can from the Western Front, reducing to a minimum all active operations on your Western Front. Send Pyatakov and Bubnov to Kharkov and Ekaterinoslav, for the most complete, energetic mobilisation of workers for the South- ern Front on their personal responsibility. 232
** Written on May 2 8 , 1 9 1 9 First published in 1 9 4 2 Printed from in Lenin Miscellany XXXIV the typewritten copy with an addition by Lenin
* The words “In code”, “Rakovsky, Kiev” are in Lenin’s hand- writing.—Ed. ** The document was signed also by Krestinsky and Kame- nev.—Ed. 237 TELEGRAM TO A. A. JOFFE. MAY 29, 1919 339 TELEGRAM TO A. A. JOFFE *
29. V. 1919 Rakovsky for Joffe Council of People’s Commissars of the Ukraine Kiev
Read this telegram to Rakovsky, Mezhlauk, Voroshilov, Pyatakov, Bubnov, Kviring and other prominent function- aries. I consider it criminal on your part to have persuaded Trotsky to leave Podvoisky. Not a single promise is being fulfilled: the Donets Basin has no reinforcements; the mobilisation of workers is pro- ceeding at a disgracefully sluggish pace. You are per- sonally responsible for the inevitable catastrophe. All prominent functionaries must be taken off their jobs and installed in Kharkov and Ekaterinoslav for the total mobil- isation of workers; further, one prominent functionary to be sent to each army unit for its advance to the Donets Basin; and everything set in motion for clearing out uni- forms from the stores. The ruin of the entire revolution is absolutely inevitable unless there is a swift victory in the Donets Basin, for which it is essential to abandon routine in the Ukraine, to work in a revolutionary spirit, to rally all and sundry, to keep an eye personally on each army unit, each step in the work, to set aside everything except the Donets Basin, to have three soldiers to one rifle. From you not one factual report. Lenin First published in 1 9 4 2 in Lenin Miscellany XXXIV Published in full in 1 9 5 6 Printed from the original in the book: V. I. Lenin, Voyennaya perepiska, Moscow
* Transmitted by direct line.—Ed. V. I. L E N I N 238
340 TELEGRAM TO L. D. TROTSKY Trotsky
I am extremely astonished at your silence at such a time when, according to information, albeit not fully con- firmed, the break-through in the Millerovo direction has reached the dimensions of an almost irreparable catastro- phe. 233
What measures have been taken to prevent the enemy joining forces with the insurgents? Lenin Written on May 3 0 , 1 9 1 9 First published in 1 9 3 8 Printed from the text in the journal Bolshevik No. 2 in Sklyansky’s handwriting
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 Written on May 3 0 , 1 9 1 9 First published in 1 9 4 2 in Lenin Miscellany XXXIV Published in full in 1 9 5 6 Printed from in the book: V. I. Lenin, the typewritten copy Voyennaya perepiska, Moscow
239 EXCHANGE OF NOTES WITH E. M. SKLYANSKY 342 TO THE ORGANISING BUREAU OF THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE 234
I am for expulsion from the Party of people who take part in religious ceremonies. Lenin 30/V.
Written on May 3 0 , 1 9 1 9 First published in 1 9 3 3 Printed from the original in Lenin Miscellany XXIV 343 TO THE ALL-RUSSIA GENERAL HEADQUARTERS 31. V. 1919 Comrade Rattel, The bearer, Comrade Yevgenia Bogdanovna Bosh, is a member of the Council of Defence of the Lithuanian-Byelo- russian Republic. Rifles and other arms are needed, also military instruc- tors for organising workers’ battalions in Minsk. It is said that the matter is being hindered by red tape and so on. Please ascertain as precisely and as quickly as possible what can and should be given, and telephone Sklyansky and myself.
Chairman, Council of Defence First published in 1 9 4 2 Printed from the original in Lenin Miscellany XXXIV
Why did we not fire on the destroyer? E. M. SKLYANSKY’S REPLY It was out of range. V. I. L E N I N 240
TO E. M. SKLYANSKY Vatsetis must be told by telephone (he will be speaking on the phone today with Zinoviev) and ordered to tighten
Written in May or June 1 9 1 9 First published in part on Printed from the original September 2 3 , 1 9 2 5 , in Pravda No. 2 1 7 First published in 1 9 6 5 in Collected Works, Fifth Ed., Vol. 5 0
In code
Mezhlauk, Voroshilov, Melnichansky, Artyom, Kaminsky Kharkov It is necessary at all costs to put a stop immediately to the habit of holding meetings, to put all work of what- ever kind on a war footing, and appoint particular individ- uals responsible for the performance of precisely defined jobs. There must be military discipline everywhere. The Commander and Revolutionary Military Council of the 2nd Army should make enquiries about everything of their immediate chief, that is to say, Gittis, and put a stop to all fanciful schemes for forming special groups and simi- lar attempts covertly to restore the Ukrainian Front. There are sufficient uniforms and arms both in the Ukraine and at the disposal of Gittis. If the chaos, the meetings and the disputes about priority are eliminated, then everything can be obtained. Report exactly the facts of the fulfilment of specific orders, that is, about the arrival of army units at their destination, the collection of arms, and so on.
Written on June 1, 1 9 1 9 First published in 1 9 4 2 Printed from the original in Lenin Miscellany XXXIV
241 INSTRUCTION TO THE SECRETARY. JUNE 2, 1919 346 TELEGRAM TO V. I. MEZHLAUK AND K. Y. VOROSHILOV Mezhlauk, Voroshilov Kharkov Copy to Melnichansky, Artyom, Kaminsky The Political Bureau of the Central Committee met on June 1. In full agreement with Trotsky, it firmly rejects the plan of the Ukrainians to unite the 2nd, 8th and 13th armies, and to create a special Donets unity. 235 We demand that Voroshilov and Mezhlauk fulfil their direct task—that of building a strong Ukrainian army. Tomorrow or the day after, Trotsky will summon you to Izyum and give orders in more detail. Report more exactly, more frequently and in a strictly factual way what you have done and, in particular, how much army property Voro- shilov captured from Grigoriev and in other places. On behalf of the Political Bureau of the C.C.,
Written on June 1, 1 9 1 9 First published in part in Printed from the original 1 9 4 2 in Lenin Miscellany XXXIV First published in 1 9 6 5 in Collected Works, Fifth Ed., Vol. 5 0 347 INSTRUCTION TO THE SECRETARY 236
Telephone: 1) To Rosta, * for them to send me tomorrow a written report that this has been transmitted by them to so many newspapers, towns. 2) To Chicherin, that this should go out by radio in German, French and English. Written on June 2 , 1 9 1 9 First published in 1 9 6 5 Printed from the original in Collected Works, Fifth Ed., Vol. 5 0 * Rosta—Russian Telegraph Agency.—Ed. V. I. L E N I N 242
348 TELEGRAM TO J. V. STALIN 237
Zinoviev for Stalin Smolny
Petrograd Okulov points to the isolation of the 7th Army from the Revolutionary Military Council of the Western Front, which causes confusion, relieves front workers of respon- sibility, and deprives them of energy in their work. Petro- grad Military District, subordinated to the Western Front, is giving all its reserves to the 7th Army, not giving them to the front for the remaining armies. Pozern stays in Petrograd all the time, has poor connections with the Council of the front, and sets up parallel supply bodies instead of utilising the front-line bodies already existing. Okulov proposes either the complete subordination of the 7th Army to the command of the front, or giving it a special status of direct subordination to the General Headquarters. Knowing Petrograd’s constant tendency towards in- dependent activity, I think you should help the Revolu- tionary Military Council of the front to unite all the armies. The other Western armies besides the 7th should be taken care of, too. Report what you have done. The conflict with Okulov must not be allowed to grow. Think it over well, for it is impossible simply to recall him.
Today I learned of the desertion to the enemy of yet another Petrograd regiment and of the refusal of two regi- ments to attack. Supervision should be strengthened and more workers added. Regarding foreigners, I advise not to hurry with deport- ation. Would not a concentration camp be better, so that they can afterwards be exchanged? *
Written on June 3 , 1 9 1 9 First published in 1 9 4 2 Printed from the text in in Lenin Miscellany XXXIV Sklyansky’s handwriting, added to and signed by Lenin *
lov” is in Lenin’s handwriting.—Ed. 243 TELEGRAM TO R.M.C. OF SOUTHERN FRONT. JUNE 3, 1919 349 TELEGRAM TO S. I. GUSEV, M. M. LASHEVICH, K. K. YURENEV In code 3. VI. 1919 Gusev, Lashevich, Yurenev Revolutionary Military Council, Eastern Front Simbirsk Sklyansky has positively promised to give ten thousand rifles in the first half of June. Pay the most serious atten- tion to the Orenburg Cossacks and the Bashkirs, for during the previous offensive we behaved stupidly, missed an opportunity, and did not make use of these forces. Mobilise them urgently, send an intelligent, cool, knowledgeable, experienced man there, pay the greatest attention to this and to unflagging, total mobilisation of the entire front- line area and the collection of rifles from the population. Lenin First published in 1 9 3 4 Printed from the original in Proletarskaya Revolutsia No. 3 Download 6.35 Mb. Do'stlaringiz bilan baham: 
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