V. I. Lenin

Source: en:CW/CW44; ru:PSS/v50;es:MT
Translated: machine translation (DeepSeek) from the Russian; AI-translated.

Comrade Ioffe, Berlin

We do not agree to sign the Turkish protocol until the transfer of Baku to our authorities is accepted, for without this clause there is every reason to suspect secret agreements with the Entente on handing Baku over to them. That is what we are publishing. 417.

Sverdlov, Lenin