V. I.

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TELEPHONE MESSAGE TO P. A. BOGDANOV

Bogdanov, copy to Kursky’s Deputy

I have great doubts about S.K.F. (Swedish Ball-Bearing
Company). Has there been an adequate statement of the legal side of the matter, i.e., has our interest been
maintained?

This interest requires that we should not allow the slightest relaxation of the principle that we are the owners of
all the nationalised enterprises and warehouses. These enterprises and warehouses could pass into the hands of their
former owners only through their formally buying these warehouses from us. We may sometimes make a concession
by letting them have these enterprises and warehouses at a
low price, but we can never waive our right in the property.

Please have this matter verified with especial care from
the said angle. It is my special request that the verification
should be carried out at the People’s Commissariat for
Justice, where Kursky himself was informed of and handled
the matter, and it is necessary either to look for Kursky
or find someone at the People’s Commissariat for Justice
who is at least as knowledgeable as Kursky.

Lenin

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