V. I. Lenin

Source: ru:LS/v35;es:MT
Translated: machine translation (DeepSeek) from the Russian; AI-translated.

RESOLUTION ON THE LETTER FROM THE BOARD
OF THE “LEAGUE FOR THE SALVATION OF CHILDREN”*
March 24, 1920

Ask Comrade Dzerzhinsky. I request a reply. (I think this is a trick.)

Lenin

* The document is printed from a typewritten copy (received from the Central State Archives of the October Revolution, File 111, inventory 10, dossier 1C).
** The Board of the so-called “League for the Salvation of Children” asked the Council of People’s Commissars for permission to send a delegation abroad to ascertain the conditions for purchasing goods for children and transporting them to Russia.
F. E. Dzerzhinsky gave the following reply to the inquiry: “I consider it harmful to allow Kuskova, Saltykov (former Assistant Minister) and others to go abroad.” Characterising the composition of this organisation, Comrade Dzerzhinsky wrote: “There is not a single person who honestly recognises the Soviet power. In essence, I also believe that it is not abroad that will feed our children.”