The sun., 1918-09-19
Document No. 81.


tCounterespionag at the Stavka.J
To the Commission on Combating
the Counter Command
er in chief Krilenko has requested the
counterespionage at the stan to in
form you that 1t is necessary to or
der the following persons to the Ru-
manian front Immediately: From
Petrograd, Commissar Kuhl, Socialist
Rakovsky, Sailor Guieshin: and from
the front the chief Of the Red Guard
Durasov. These persons should be
supplied with literature and with
financial resources for agitation. 30
them is committed the task Of taking
all measures for the deposing of the
Rumanian king and the removal of
counter-revolutionary Rumanian Off
cers.-Director Of Counterespionage,
Feierabend; Secretary N. Drachev.
NoTE-This marks tho beginning Of
IdrDe-scule toork to dis0r0dnise the Ru-
,nanian army. That IN Its early tinter
phases It advances disappointin1ly to
Germany Is evidenced BY pen0eful steps
taken later By Gen. Hoffman and Trot-
sky from Brest-Litopsk, ohen IN the
middle of January, Trotsky, at the re-
quest of Gen. Hoffman, ordered the ar
rest in Petro0rdd Of the Rumdnian min
tsfer Didmdndi The contents of this
letter. toritten By Jo1e, tocre teIe0raphed
to WdshinD ton in February and photo
graphic copy Of letter forwarded.
At about the same time the Rumdnidn
public gold reserves IN custody Vithin
the Kremrin todIls at Moscou a1ere
seksed BY the Russian Government. d.
onandI soas released from arrest at the
demand of the united diplomatic dele0a-
Mons at Petrograd. but his humiHdtions
continued and on January rs he toas or
6ered from Petro0rdd, being 0iuen less
than ten hours to prepare for the de-
porturs Of q party that Contained many
sDomen and children. Ambassador From
eis sought IN patn Of Zdlki,td, toho tcas
sotin0 as Foreign Minister IN tho ab-
senoe Of Trotsky, again at Br'est. for an
ertenston of the time of departure. The
Run0niun party t06s throton pelt nell
on q train at midnight. It Uas delayed
IN Finland on one excuse and another
not Immediately apparent, but in three
soeeks the Minister, leaving behind a
large part Of his people, tras dllotoed to
proceed to Torreo. By good luck he
veGched there the day after the Red
Guard lost Torneo to the White Guard.
That dog saved his life, for on the
person Of Svethtssky, Russian COM
ntissdr tUho Joined him in mid Finland
and accompanied him to Torneo, tpas
found an order to TimofeyeG, the COM
nptssdr at ToTneo, to shoot him. Svet-
itesky tcds shot instead When I passed
through Torneo the control officer talked
frankly about the details. expressing the
opinion that the shooting might have
been mistake, as 1t tcds not sho,on
that SoetltEsky iods atOare Of the con-
tents OF the letter. SvetitESky, hotp-
ever, tcds an important person IN Petro-
grad. close to TrotSky.
Our American party Drought Guran-
esco, the first secretary Of the Risndntdn
delegation out OF Finland. through tho
ltncs 10Th us. He had beeH IN Red Fin
idnd seven tceeks. Behind rs at Bjo,ns-
burg zoe left several tamilieo Of Ru-
mdnians t1ho had departed from petro-
grad Nth the Minister. We ,oould haze
liked to haze brought them through the
haes OF the too armies, but our venture
t0ds too desperate to permit unauthor-
<sed additions to tho party ~, ~.
The marginal notation on this Latter
u Execute" initiated "ch," the sion
manual OF Chicherin. the returned Grille
from En0ldnd, at that time Assistant
Minister OF Foreign Affairs. noto Minis
ter Of Foreign Affairs
Hove photograph Of letter.
LETTER FROM JoFFE AT BREsr.
LiTOvsk CARRYING GEN. HoFFMA ANS
AGITATION AGAINST THE RUMANitNS
army AND TO ARREST DIAMANDf. THE
RUMANIAN MINISTER
CONFIDENTIAL.
tNo. I'll. Affair OF Peace Delep.. To
report I. Urgent UnitiaIs).I
BREsT-LITovsK
Dec. 81, 1917. No. 365/NK
Comr. Shitkevitch: Take copies and
send to the Comiss. for Foreign Az
fairs. personally to Comr Zalkind.
To the Council of NStlonal Commits
saries: Comrads l.. D. Trotsky has
charged me to bring to the knowledge
OF the Council OF National Commits
sAries the motives for his telegraphlo