EXCHANGE OF NOTES WITH L. A. FOTIYEVA

[August 23, 1918]
I asked permission from Tsyurupa to inform you that he had 2 fits today2 and that he cannot make his report. He did not give permission, and therefore do not give me away.
It... was not reasonable to ask him for permission. Call Sviderskiy or Bryukhanov3.
1 The correspondence took place at a session of the Council of People's Commissars on August 23, 1918.
2 A. D. Tsyurupa had hunger fainting fits resulting from malnutrition.
3 N. P. Bryukhanov — Deputy People's Commissar of Food Supply.