TOP SECRET: To the German embassy in Bern, Switzerland, for the attention of Freiherr von Romberg
On the request of the Swiss civilian Fritz Platten, if you will pardon my saying so it is neither possible nor beneficial for the German Empire to allow the traversion for the Russian Bolshevik Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov and his cohort. The current situation in Russia is more than tolerable in regards to ensuring German interests and inciting further turmoil might even hinder German ambitions.
Regards,
Erich Ludendorff,
Oberste Heeresleitung
Berlin, 10th March 1917