to Stalin from Mezhlauk

Bolshevik leadership Correspondence. 1912-1927
Collection of documents 1996.
Compiled by: A.V.Kvashonkin, L.P.Kosheleva, L.A.Rogovaya, O.V.Khlevnyuk.

Stalin Correspondences

Telegram of V. I. Mezhlauk to X. G. Rakovsky, V. I. Lenin, I. V. Stalin

February 9, 1919

Moscow Kremlin, Lenin.

From Kharkov 9/2 18 out of turn received 9/2-19

Poltava. To the Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars Rakovsky at the location, copy Moscow Kremlin Lenin Stalin 1 .

The position of the front deteriorated sharply, Slavyansk was hit by a direct blow. The organization [in] the rear of a combat-ready army to replace the decomposing units, heroic measures are needed. It is necessary to return Voroshilov and Rukhimovich to military work. I consider it absolutely necessary to appoint Voroshilov a member of the Revolutionary Military Council of the UkrFront, in accordance with Trotsky's original proposal, in order to give him the opportunity for organized work. If the left needs compensation, we agree to be included in the Revolutionary Military Council as much as they need. Rukhimovich should be handed over to the Department of Military Procurement, since Comrade. Pyatakov is absent and does not deal with this department, it is in complete disarray. Before it is too late, we must take, I repeat, heroic emergency measures. We are working in full contact with Comrade Skachko. I look forward to a prompt response to raise the issue tomorrow in the government.

People's Commissariat of War Mezhlauk

RTSKHIDNI. F. 2. On. 1. D. 8587. L. 1. Typewritten copy.

Notes:

1 In the upper left corner there is a note by Lenin: “Sklyansky” and a clerical note: “10/2 sent”.