Telegram to Alexander Naglovsky, October 19, 1919

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19. X. 1919

Naglovsky, authorised agent of the Council of Defence for

introducing martial law on the railways of the Northern

Front

Petrograd

Copies to Trotsky, Zinoviev

Ksandrov,

Markov, People’s Commissariat for Railways

Dzerzhinsky, Vecheka

Moscow

For the purpose of integrating supervision over the work of the railways of the Petrograd junction in the very near future, I instruct Naglovsky to perform the duties of specially authorised agent of the Council of Defence for introducing martial law on the railways of the Petrograd junction within an area of 100 versts of Petrograd and order him immediately to take over control of this area from Ksandrov. Report fulfilment.

Lenin

Chairman, Council of Defence