Decree On The Arrest Of The Leaders Of The Civil War Against The Revolution 1917 V.I Lenin The Soviet Union after the revolution Counter-revolution in 1917 Civil War after 1917 Share TweetWritten on 28 November, 1917.Members of leading bodies of the Cadet Party, as a party of enemies of the people, are liable to arrest and trial by revolutionary tribunal.Local Soviets are ordered to exercise special surveillance over the Cadet Party in view of its connection with the Kornilov-Kaledin civil war against the revolution.This decree enters into effect from the time of signing.V. Ulyanov (Lenin), Chairman of the Council of People's CommissarPetrograd, November 28, 1917, 10.30 p.m. Source: Marxist Internet Archive.