January 25, 1919

Petrograd

Smolny

Zinoviev

I ask you to call in Mikhail Veniaminovich Kobetsky, Vasilievsky Island, 6th Line, 43, apartment 12. Help him obtain a foreign passport and clarify his political orientation. Previously he was a Bolshevik, and I saw him in Copenhagen. If he has remained a Bolshevik, telegraph me; I will give instructions.

Lenin