26. II. 1920

* To Pilot Polte¹  
of the “German Aviation Society”  
Berlin

Since the Centrosoyuz has authorized you to return to Germany, and your aeroplane has neither passengers nor any cargo, therefore the undersigned requests you to carry on your aeroplane to Berlin our trade representative for Switzerland, Frederick Platten² with his wife. The appropriate payment to the “German Aviation Society” for the transport of this passenger will be paid by Mr. Platten directly to this society³.

Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars  
V. Ulyanov (Lenin)