V. I.

Lenin

492

To:   G. V. CHICHERIN

27. XII. 1919

Comrade Chicherin, Your proposals have been adopted almost entirely by the
Politbureau. [1] Regarding the exact text, phone the
Secretary of the C.C., Comrade Krestinsky.
Please, never use the expression “Chairman of the C.C.”,
for there is no such post .

Greetings, Lenin

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Notes:
[1]
This refers to the meeting of the Politbureau of the C.C., R.C.P.(B.)
on December 27, 1919, which discussed the following: an inquiry
by Chicherin whether he could send the Georgian Government a
proposal for joint military operations against Denikin without
recognising that government; a report by Chicherin that the
Estonians agreed to give the military guarantees asked for on condition of their being granted the right t,o construct
fortifications on the left bank of the Narova; a statement by Chicherin
concerning the Petrograd branch of ROSTA, which had published
a communication of a military nature that could be interpreted
by the Entente and Finland as an intention on the part of Soviet
Russia to launch an attack against Finland, and other questions.