To G. V. CHICHERIN

Comrade Chicherin! Please look this over and phone me. Should it be approved? If so, I will ask Lezhava, and it must be sent quickly. If not, what changes should be proposed? Since Vanderlip already made a mistake and we ran into Harding's refusal 185, wouldn't it be better even now to limit, to narrow his request? Let him ask first only for permission for Russian "Russian technical assistants"* to enter America with him, Vanderlip?

Shouldn't we add oil** to the goods? Has it been explained to Vanderlip that we could grant Americans a

* - "Russian technical assistants". Ed.

** - Oil. Ed.

TELEGRAM TO L. B. KRASIN. MARCH 1921

concession of enormous oil areas (Baku, Grozny, Emba, Ukhta) and thus America would beat England?

Phone as soon as you have read this.

With comradely greetings, Lenin