V. I.

Lenin

451

To:   L. K. MARTENS

Comrade Martens:

If Hammer is in earnest about his plan to supply 1 million poods of grain to the Urals (and it is my impression
from your letter that your written confirmation of
Reinstein’s words makes one believe that he is, and that the
plan is not just so much hot air), you must try and give
the whole matter the precise juridical form of a contract
or
concession . [1]

Let it be a concession , even if a fictitious one (asbestos
or any other Urals valuables or what have you). What we
want to show and have in print (later, when performance begins ) is that the Americans have gone in for concessions .
This is important politically. Let me have your reply.

With communist greetings, Lenin

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Notes:
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