V. I. Lenin

Source: ru:PSS/v51; en:CW/CW44;es:MT
Translated: machine translation (DeepSeek) from the Russian; AI-translated.

F. F. RASKOLNIKOV and S. M. KIROV*

14. III. 1920

In cipher
Astrakhan
Comflot, Raskolnikov and Kirov

Your plans are based on transport over great depths, but Babkin proposes to transport oil over shallow depths near the shore, so that the enemy fleet can neither capture nor sink it, via the Belinskaya Bank. With a draught of from 4 to 5 quarters he names as suitable the steamers *Dzhambai*, *Ukno*, *Ratmfr*, *Lev*, *Neva*, *Lyubimy*, *Kirghiz*, *Alexander* and the barges *Pluton*, *Apollon*, *Medusa*, *Rusalka*, *Valeria*, *Stefania* and others. Transshipment at the Belinskaya Bank. He believes that in this way 320,000 can be transported in one trip and 1,600,000 in a month. Send us your opinion.

Lenin