Letter to Stepan Shaumian, May 24, 1918

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Moscow, May 24, 1918

Dear Comrade Shahumyan,

I take the opportunity to send you once again a few words (I sent you a letter by hand recently; did you receive it?[1]).

The Baku situation is a difficult one internationally. I would advise you therefore to attempt a bloc with Jordania. If that is impossible, you must manoeuvre and postpone a decision until you are stronger militarily. A sober estimate and diplomacy for a postponement—remember that.

Get the radio going and send me letters through Astrakhan.

All the best,

Yours,

Lenin

  1. ↑ Lenin probably has in mind the letter he sent to S. G. Shahumyan on May 14, 1918 (see present edition, Vol. 35, Document 145).
    Lenin’s letter of May 24 was delivered to Baku by S. M. Ter-Gabrielyan, one of the leaders of the Baku Commune.