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Bolshevik leadership Correspondence. 1912-1927
Collection of documents 1996.
Compiled by: A.V.Kvashonkin, L.P.Kosheleva, L.A.Rogovaya, O.V.Khlevnyuk.Telegram of I. V. Stalin to G. K. Ordzhonikidze
April 21, 1922
Filed from Moscow on 21/IV, 7 hours 55 minutes.
Received 23/IV, 10 hours [hours] 30 minutes [minutes].
Decoded on 23/IV, 12 hours 15 minutes.
ZAKKRAIKOM Comrade Ordzhonikidze.
On April 21-22, you were instructed by the Central Committee to leave Tashkent immediately - within a week from the date of arrival, to examine the situation of the Turkfront from the point of view of the successful liquidation of the Basmachi movement in the regions of Ferghana and Bukhara and immediately send the Central Committee your conclusion. It was decided to introduce martial law in the regions of Bukhara and Turkestan, and you undertake to set a deadline for the introduction of martial law in agreement with the Turkburo and immediately bring this to the attention of the Central Committee. When drawing up a conclusion, it is necessary to answer the following questions:
First: Is it true that the native units supply the Basmachi with weapons.
Second: Do local authorities really interfere in military affairs and paralyze the actions of the military authorities?
Third: Is it necessary to make changes in the composition of the bodies of the TurkFront and which ones.
Fourth: Is it necessary to make [changes] in the composition of the Turkburo and Turkcommissions, and which ones.
Fifth: How great is the danger [of losing] Bukhara and Ferghana.
Sixth: What is the state and number of Basmachi detachments and how is the political struggle of local authorities and party organizations with the Basmachi movement staged.
Seventh: What is the degree of combat effectiveness of our units, their numbers and prospects for success.
Eighth: What practical measures do you find necessary to propose to the Central Committee as a result of the survey.
Receipt of this encryption and extract of the decision of the Politburo, as well as the day of departure for Tashkent, telegraph 1 .
Secretary of the Central Committee of the RCP Stalin.
RTSKHIDNI. F.558. Op.1. D.2294. L.1. Certified typewritten copy.
Notes:
On April 23, 1922, Stalin sent Ordzhonikidze a telegram with the following content: “[...] I received your message about leaving in three or four days. There will be no additional directives” (RTSKHIDNI. F. 558. On. 1. D. 2296. L. 1). On May 12, 1922, Ordzhonikidze sent a report on the fulfillment of the order (See document No. 154).