V. I. Lenin

Source: ru:LS/v39
Translated: machine translation (DeepSeek) from the Russian; AI-translated.

RESOLUTION ON L. M. KARAKHAN’S NOTE¹
[1919, June, not earlier than the 5th]

I am in favour of mining.
Lenin

Ask Kamenev: then and immediately by cipher
telegraph to Petrograd.
The question is settled.

¹ The note from the Deputy People’s Commissar for Foreign Affairs, L. M. Karakhan, reported an inquiry from the Naval General Staff to the People’s Commissariat for Foreign Affairs, dated June 5, 1919, concerning the possibility of laying a mine barrage to defend the approaches to Kronstadt from the sea. The note also bears the signatures of members of the Political Bureau of the R.C.P.(B.) Central Committee, indicating agreement with V. I. Lenin’s opinion.
L. M. Karakhan had been a member of the Party since 1917. From 1918 he was a member of the Board of the People’s Commissariat for Foreign Affairs and Deputy People’s Commissar.