NOTE TO A. I. RYKOV
31. V. 1918

Comrade Rykov!

The bearers — Comrades Egorov and Borodin — ask to expedite their matter; Siberia cannot wait under any circumstances. It is especially important to give Borodin authority quickly.

Greetings! Your Lenin

[At the sessions of the Council of People's Commissars on 28 and 29 May 1918, the report of the commission for examining the Siberian budget was discussed. The Council of People's Commissars resolved to issue a credit of 20 million rubles for supplying Lenzoloto gold mines with prime necessities and equipment.]