First Cavalry Army.

Budyonny, Voroshilov.

We managed to insist that the armistice conditions be transmitted by us to the Poles on August 4, rather than July 30. This means you have four more days at your disposal. Moreover, until you receive a formal order from the front, you may continue to strike the Poles regardless of deadlines. All this I communicate to you in a strictly formal manner. So then -- strike for Lvov; now you have the time.

Stalin.

Source: Bolshevik Leadership. Correspondence. 1912-1927, p. 150. RGASPI. F. 558. Op. 1. D. 5549. L. 2-3.