The handing over of responsibilities takes too long. Rolling-stock for the movement of reinforcements is not ordered in good time. Disparity and discrepancy is to be found everywhere. In one place an hour has been lost, in communicating with another place half an hour has been lost, in that place, in turn, entire days have been lost . . . And the result is that the reinforcements reach the front a whole week later than would have been possible.
Time is of more decisive importance in war than in any other sphere.
It depends on you to give a fresh sweep to all this work. The work of service to the Eastern front must not be paralysed by these faults. This decision by the Party's Central Commit tee is to be taken literally. Therefore, of every four local Party workers, three must be transferred to war work in the broad sense of the word. It is necessary to hasten the despatch to the front of the comrades mobilised by the Party and the trade unions.