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To Krasin

I too fear that we may squander—or even sell off—our entire modest gold reserve. You are responsible for ensuring fiscal prudence. It is absolutely essential to improve the conditions of workers and peasants. In order to secure a steady supply of grain, we must promptly acquire a substantial stock of goods from abroad; this is a matter of paramount political importance. Please take this into account and keep me informed more frequently.

Lenin

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Written in March 1921

First published in 1959

In Lenin’s Collected Works, Volume XXXVI

Printed from the manuscript