W O R K E R S O F A L L C O U N T R I E S , U N I T E! L E N I N COLLECTED WORKS 44 A THE RUSSIAN EDITION WAS PRINTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH A DECISION OF THE NINTH CONGRESS OF THE R.C.P.(B.) AND THE SECOND CONGRESS OF SOVIETS OF THE U.S.S.R. ИНCTИTУT МАРÇCИзМА — ЛЕНИНИзМА пpи ЦK KНCC B. n. l d H n H С О Ч И Н E Н И Я И з д a н u е ч е m в е p m o e ГОСУДАРСТВЕННОЕ ИЗДАТЕЛЬСТВО ПОЛИТИЧЕСКОЙ ЛИТЕРАТУРЫ M О С К В А V. I. L E N I N cOLLEcTED WORKS VOLUME 44 October 1o17–November 1o 20 PROGRESS PUBLISHERS MOSCOW TRANSLATED FROM THE RUSSIAN BY CLEMENS DUTT EDITED BY BERNARD ISAACS From Marx to Mao M L © Digital Reprints 2014 www.marx2mao.com First printing 1970 Second printing 1975 Third printing 1977 10102—213 л беэ объявл. 014 (01)—77 7 C O N T E N T S Page Preface ........................ 35 1917 1. INSTRUCTION TO THE RED GUARD STAFF. October 30 (November 1?) ................... 43 2. TO THE PETROGRAD COMMITTEE OF THE R.S.D.L.P.(B.). November ? (15) .................. 43 3. TO Y. M. SVERDLOV. Not earlier than November 8 (?1) . 44 4. TO THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR INFORMATION OF THE LABOUR PRESS OF AMERICA, FRANCE AND GREAT BRITAIN. November, prior to 10 (?3) ...... 44 5. TO MAJOR-GENERAL S. I. ODINTSOV. November 15 (?8). 45 6. TO THE PETROGRAD COMMITTEE OF THE R.S.D.L.P.(B.) November ? 5 (December 8) ............. 45 7. TELEGRAM TO THE ARMY IN THE FIELD. November ?6 (December 9) .................... 46 8. TO THE C.C. OF THE R.S.D.L.P.(B.) November, not later than ?9 (December 1?) ............... 46 9. TELEGRAM TO THE COMMITTEE FOR ELECTIONS TO THE CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY, November 30 (December 13) ... 48 10. TO THE PETROGRAD COMMITTEE OF THE R. S . D . L . P . (B. ) . December 8 (? 1) .................. 48 11.TO V. A. ANTONOV-OVSEYENKO. December 8 (?1) .... 49 12. TO G. I. BLAGONRAVOV AND V. D. BONCH-BRUYEVICH. December 8 (? 1) ................. 49 13..TELEGRAM TO V. V. VOROVSKY. December, after 8 (? 1) 50 14.TO V. V. OBOLENSKY. December 18 (31)........ 50 15.TO P. A. KOZMIN. December ?0 (January ?, 1918)... 50 16. TO CHARLES DUMAS. December ?1 (January 3 , 1918) .. 51 8 CONTENTS 17. TELEGRAM TO V. A. ANTONOV- OVSEYENKO. Decem- ber 30 (January 1?, 1918) .............. 52 1918 18. TELEGRAM TO L. M. KARAKHAN. January 3 (16) ..... 53 19. INSTRUCTION. Night of January 5 (18) ......... 53 20. TELEPHONE MESSAGE TO THE PEOPLE’S COMMISSARIAT FOR JUSTICE. January 7 (?0) ............. 54 21. TO K. A. MEKHONOSHIN. January 7 (?0) ........ 54 22. INSTRUCTION TO V. D. BONCH-BRUYEVICH. January, not earlier than 8 (?1) ................. 55 23. TO THE COMMISSARIAT FOR FOOD AND THE FOOD DE- PARTMENT OF THE SUPREME ECONOMIC COUNCIL. January 13 (?6) .................. 55 24. NOTE TO THE SECRETARY. January 13 (?6) ....... 56 25. TELEGRAM TO KHARKOV AND MOSCOW. January 13 (?6) . 56 26. TO KARL RADEK. January 14 (?7) ........... 57 27. TO V. A. ANTONOV-OVSEYENKO AND G. K. ORJONIKIDZE. January 15 (?8) .................. 57 28. TO N. I. PODVOISKY AND N. V. KRYLENKO. January 15 (?8) ...................... 58 29. TO THE PEOPLE’S COMMISSARIAT FOR MILITARY AF- FAIRS. January 17 (30) ............... 58 30. TELEGRAM TO V. A. ANTONOV- OVSEYENKO. January 17 (30) ...................... 59 31. TELEGRAM TO KULLERVO MANNER AND KARL VIIK. January ?4 (February 6) .............. 59 32. TELEGRAM TO ARTHUR HENDERSON. January ?4 (Feb- ruary 6) ...................... 60 33. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL HEADQUARTERS OF THE SUPREME COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF. January ?9 (February 11) 60 34. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL HEADQUARTERS OF THE SU- PREME COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF. January 30 (February 1?) 61 35. TO A. L. KOLEGAYEV. January 30 (February 1?) .... 61 36. TO G. Y. ZINOVIEV. January 30 (February 1?) ..... 61 37. TELEGRAM TO V. A. ANTONOV- OVSEYENKO. January 30 (February 1?) ................... 62 38. TELEGRAM TO V. A. ANTONOV- OVSEYENKO. January 30 (February 1?) ................... 62 39. INSTRUCTION TO THE SECRETARY. February 14 ..... 63 CONTENTS 9 40. TELEGRAM TO KULLERVO MANNER. February 14 ..... 63 41. RADIO-TELEGRAM TO CENTROBALT. Night of February 14 64 42. TELEGRAM TO E. V. LUGANOVSKY, PEOPLE’S SECRETARY OF THE UKRAINIAN SOVIET REPUBLIC. February 15 ... 64 43. TELEGRAM TO THE CHAIRMAN OF THE MILITARY REV- OLUTIONARY COMMITTEE OF THE DON REGION. Feb- ruary 16 ..................... 65 44. TELEGRAM TO V. A. ANTONOV-OVSEYENKO. February 17 . 66 45. TO A. I. RYKOV. February, after 18 .......... 66 46. NOTE TO V. N. PODBELSKY IN MOSCOW BY DIRECT LINE. FEBRUARY 22, 1918 ................. 67 47. TO THE C.C. OFFROM THE R.S.D.L .PMARX.(B.). February ?? .... 67 48. RADIO- TELEGRAM TO THE PEACE DELEGATION. Feb- ruary ?5 ...................... 68 49. TELEGRAM TO IRKUTSKTO. February MAO ?7 ......... 68 50. TO F. E. DZERZHINSKY. March 4 ........... 69 51. TO MARIA ANDREYEVA. After March 1?, 1918, but prior to September 1919 ................. 69 52. TO G. K. ORJONIKIDZE. March 11 ........... 70 ? 53. TO THE POSTS AND TELEGRAPHS BOARD. March 6 ... 71 54. TELEGRAM TO THE SOVNARKOM OF THE PETROGRAD LA- BOUR COMMUNE. March ?8 ............. 72 55. TO THE SECRETARYNOT OF THE FOR COUNCIL OF PEOPLE’S COMMISSARS. March-April .............. 73 56. TO LYDIA FOTIEVACOMMERCIAL. Not earlier than March 1918 and not later than September 1919 .............. 73 57. TELEGRAM TO THE SOVNARKOM OF THE PETROGRAD LABOUR COMMUNEDISTRIBUTION. April 1 ............. 73 58. CONVERSATION WITH V. V. KUIBYSHEV BY DIRECT LINE. April, not earlier than ? and not later than 4 . 74 59. TELEGRAM TO THE C.E.C. OF THE SOVIETS OF SIBERIA. April 5 ...................... 75 60. TO THE C.E.C. OF THE SOVIETS OF SIBERIA. April 6 .. 75 61. TO Y. M. SVERDLOV AND S. P. SEREDA. April 8 ..... 75 62. TO D. P. BOGOLEPOV AND A. D. TSYURUPA. April 10 ... 76 63. TO THE COMMISSARIAT FOR JUSTICE. April 15 ..... 76 64. TO THE SOVIET AND WORKERS’ ORGANISATIONS OF RYBINSK. April, not earlier than 15 ......... 77 65. TO D. P. BOGOLEPOV AND I. E. GUKOVSKY. April 16 .. 78 10 CONTENTS 66. TELEGRAM TO THE CHAIRMAN OF THE NIZHNI- NOVGOROD SOVIET. April 17 ............. 78 67. TELEGRAM TO THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SIMBIRSK SOVIET. April ?0 ................. 79 68. TO THE NARROW COUNCIL OF PEOPLE’S COMMISSARS. April ?1 ..................... 79 69. TELEGRAM TO P. F. VINOGRADOV. April, not earlier than ?1 80 70. TO G. V. CHICHERIN. April, prior to ?3 ........ 80 71. TO A. I. RYKOV. April ?3 .............. 81 72. TO THE PRESS BUREAU OF THE C.P.C. April ?7 .... 81 73. TO RAYMOND ROBINS. April 30 ........... 82 74. TO A. D. TSYURUPA. Not earlier than April ...... 82 75. TO P. P. MALINOVSKY. Between May 1 and 13 ..... 82 76. TELEGRAM TO V. N. ANDRONNIKOV, REGIONAL BOARD OF NATIONALISED ENTERPRISES OF THE URALS. May ? . 83 77. TO THE C.C. OF THE R.C.P.(B.). May 3 ........ 83 78. DRAFT OF A RADIO-TELEGRAM TO THE PEACE DELEGA- TION IN KURSK. May 6 ............... 84 79. TO A. D. TSYURUPA. May 7 or 8 ........... 85 80. TELEGRAM TO THE C.E.C. OF THE SOVIETS OF SIBERIA. May 8...................... 85 81. TO A. D. TSYURUPA. May 10 ............. 86 82. TO M. G. BRONSKY. May 14 ............. 86 83. TO RAYMOND ROBINS. May 14 ............ 87 84. TO THE SUPREME MILITARY COUNCIL. May 16 ...... 87 85. TO G. V. CHICHERIN. May 16 ............. 88 86. EXCHANGE OF NOTES WITH A. D. TSYURUPA. May ?0 .. 89 87. TO A. D. TSYURUPA. May ?0 ............. 90 88. TO A. A. JOFFE AND V. R. MENZHINSKY. May ?4 .... 90 89. INSTRUCTION ON THE REPORT OF THE CHIEF OF MAIN NAVAL HEADQUARTERS. May ?4 ........ 92 90. TO S. G. SHAHUMYAN. May ?4 ............ 93 91. TELEGRAM TO THE KINESHMA SOVIET. May ?4 ..... 93 92. TO A. G. SHLYAPNIKOV. May ?8 ........... 95 93. EXCHANGE OF NOTES WITH A. D. TSYURUPA. May ?8 .. 95 94. TO THE EDITORS OF IZVESTIA. May 30 ........ 96 95. TO G. Y. ZINOVIEV. May 31 ............. 96 CONTENTS 11 96.TELEGRAM TO THE VYKSA WORKERS. May 31..... 97 97.TO THE AMERICAN SOCIALIST INTERNATIONALISTS. May.. 97 98.TO A. A. JOFFE. June ?.............. 98 99.TELEGRAM TO V. L. PANYUSHKIN. June ?....... 99 100.EXCHANGE OF NOTES WITH A. D. TSYURUPA. June 7.. 100 101.TO A. D. TSYURUPA. June 7............. 101 102.TO A. P. SMIRNOV. June 7............. 101 103.TO A. D. TSYURUPA. June 10............ 101 104.TO A. D. TSYURUPA. June 11............ 102 105.TELEGRAM TO G. Y. ZINOVIEV. June 11........ 102 106.ADDITION TO THE TELEGRAM TO A. S. YAKUBOV, J. V. STALIN AND A. G. SHLYAPNIKOV. June 11..... 103 107.TO G. Y. ZINOVIEV. June 11............. 104 108.TO G. Y. ZINOVIEV. June 14............. 104 109.TO THE COMMISSARIATS FOR EDUCATION AND PROPER- TIES OF THE REPUBLIC. June 15........... 105 110.TO A. D. TSYURUPA. June 17............ 105 1......................... 105 2......................... 106 111.TO N. P. GORBUNOV. June 18............ 106 112.TO A. A. JOFFE. June 18.............. 106 113.TELEGRAM TO S. G. SHAHUMYAN. June 18....... 107 114.TO I. E. GUKOVSKY. June ??............ 108 115.TO THE SECRETARIAT OF THE C.P.C. June ?6...... 108 1......................... 108 2......................... 109 116.EXCHANGE OF NOTES WITH A. D. TSYURUPA. June ?6. 109 117.TO A. P. SMIRNOV, G. I. PETROVSKY AND I. E. GUKOVSKY. June ?8................ 110 118.TELEGRAM TO J. V. STALIN. June 30......... 111 119.TELEGRAM TO V. L. PANYUSHKIN. End of June-not later than July ?................. 111 120.TO A. A. JOFFE. July 1............... 112 121.TELEGRAM TO L. B. KRASIN. July 3........