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TO V. R. MENZHINSKY. FEBRUARY 18, 1921
the words of Krzhizhanovsky this is an outstanding worker,
an electrician, and extremely useful (turned out to be use-
ful in the work of the State Commission for the Electri-
fication of Russia). So Krzhizhanovsky strongly recommends
him for membership of the General Planning Commission
of the Council of Labour and Defence.
I think this Commission should, as a general rule, con-
sist of specialists, a worker, by way of exception.
I have told Osinsky as much and should like to know
your opinion. I earnestly request you to send me (with the
same messenger), in a few lines, your detailed opinion of
Yesin, his record, his efficiency, etc.
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With communist greetings,
Lenin
Written on February 1 8 , 1 9 2 1
First published in part
on April 2 2 , 1 9 5 7
in Komsomolskaya Pravda No. 9 6
Published in full in 1 9 6 5
Printed from the original
in Collected Works,
Fifth (Russian) Ed., Vol. 5 2
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TO V. R. MENZHINSKY
18.II.1921
Comrade Menzhinsky:
I highly recommend to you the bearer of this, Comrade
Eino Rahja, whom I have known since before the October
Revolution as a most loyal Finnish Bolshevik. He is now a
member of the C.C. of Finland’s Communist Party.
He must personally speak to you on a number of the most
secret matters. Please, trust him fully and give him every
possible assistance.
With communist greetings,
Lenin
First published in 1 9 6 5
Printed from the original
in Collected Works,
Fifth (Russian) Ed., Vol. 5 2
V. I. L E N I N
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72
TO G. V. CHICHERIN
Comrade Chicherin:
I am not soliciting any high posts for Comrade Shklov-
sky. You know him by his work at the People’s Commis-
sariat for Foreign Affairs.
But I ask you to speed up his departure abroad, because
his wife fears that the children will not survive here. I
have known the whole family since our stay abroad, and
believe these fears to be weighty. This family cannot stand
our conditions. They must be sent abroad.
With communist greetings,
Lenin
Written in February,
not before the 2 1 st, 1 9 2 1
First published in 1 9 6 5
Printed from the original
in Collected Works,
Fifth (Russian) Ed., Vol. 5 2
73
TELEGRAM TO I. N. SMIRNOV
I am passing on to you Sklyansky’s communication
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in
reply to your dispatches. Please keep me informed about
the gangs, the food supply work, and the grain shipments.
Written on February 2 1 or 2 2 , 1 9 2 1
First published in 1 9 6 5
Printed from the original
in Collected Works,
Fifth (Russian) Ed., Vol. 5 2
74
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TO COMRADES I. M. GUBKIN, A. I. TSEVCHINSKY,
I. N. STRIZHOV AND N. N. SMIRNOV
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23.II.1921
In view of the reports sent in to the Central Oil Adminis-
tration on the question of the flooding of oil wells and the
consequent threat of disaster, please let me have today, if
possible, any material you may have at hand (books,
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TO N. A. SEMASHKO. FEBRUARY 28, 1921
magazines, reports, etc.) on foreign laws or local regulations
penalising oil industrialists for leaving wells uncovered,
failing to provide cementation, its faulty application, etc.
Let me have either the laws themselves, or, if these are
not immediately available, references to the correspond-
ing books or magazine articles or handbooks, so that I
could get them from the library.
Please reply by telephone today.
Lenin
Chairman, C.P.C.
First published in 1 9 3 2
Printed from the original
in Lenin Miscellany XX
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TELEGRAM TO KH. G. RAKOVSKY
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To Rakovsky, coded
Rakovsky, Kharkov. Re: Your No. 672
In view of the extremely grave food supply situation
at the centre, I propose: three-quarters to be brought down
here, one-quarter left for the cities and workers of the
Ukraine; the peasants must be rewarded at any cost, within
the bounds of possibility, and if we have nothing, then
by making purchases abroad for gold or oil. If you disagree
with this, make another concession to the peasants, but
bear in mind that the food crisis over here is desperate and
downright dangerous.
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Lenin
Written on February 2 4 , 1 9 2 1
First published in 1 9 5 9
Printed from the original
in Lenin Miscellany XXXVI
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TO N. A. SEMASHKO
28.II.1921
Comrade Semashko
Nikolai Alexandrovich:
I now have with me Comrade Ivan Afanasyevich Cheku-
nov, a very interesting toiling peasant, who is propagating
communist principles in his own way.
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At the top Lenin wrote and then crossed out: “Comrade
Tsyurupa your opinion of my draft reply? 24.II. Lenin.”— Ed.
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