Collected Works of V. I. Lenin - Vol. 26 - From Marx to Mao

WIRELESS MESSAGE313especially for the armies. At the same time, Dukhonin wasordered to continue his duties pending the arrival of a newCommander-in-Chief or a person empowered by the latterto take over from Dukhonin. Ensign Krylenko has beenappointed the new Commander-in-Chief.Soldiers, the cause of peace is in your hands! Do notallow the counter-revolutionary generals to frustrate thegreat cause of peace, place them under guard in order toavert acts of summary justice unworthy of a revolutionaryarmy and to prevent these generals from escaping the trialthat awaits them. Maintain the strictest revolutionary andmilitary order.Let the regiments at the front immediately elect representativesto start formal negotiations for an armistice withthe enemy.The Council of People’s Commissars authorises you todo this.Do everything possible to keep us informed of everystep in the negotiations. The Council of People’s Commissarsis alone authorised to sign the final armistice agreement.Soldiers, the cause of peace is in your hands! Maintainvigilance, restraint and energy, and the cause of peace willtriumph!In the name of the Government of the Russian RepublicV. Ulyanov (Lenin),Chairman of the Council of People’s CommissarsN. Krylenko,People’s Commissar for War andCommander-in-ChiefWritten on November 9 (22), 1917Published in the newspaperRabochy i Soldat No. 20,November 9 (22), 1917Published accordingto the newspaper text