Written: Written on June 30, 1918
Published:
First published in 1959 in Lenin Miscellany XXXVI.
Printed from the text of the telegraph tape.
Source:
Lenin
Collected Works,
Progress Publishers,
1975,
Moscow,
Volume 44,
page 111a.
Translated: Clemens Dutt
Transcription\Markup:
R. Cymbala
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People’s Commissar Stalin
Tsaritsyn
Today, June 30, information was received from Joffe in Berlin that Kühlmann had a preliminary conversation with Joffe. From this conversation it is evident that the Germans agree to compel the Turks to cease hostilities beyond the Brest frontier, having established a precise demarcation line for us. They promise not to allow the Turks into Baku, but they want to receive oil. Joffe has replied that we shall adhere strictly to Brest, but quite agree with the principle of give and take. Pay the greatest attention to this information and try to pass it oil as soon as possible to Shahumyan, for now there are very serious chances of holding on to Baku. Some oil, of course, we shall give.
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