May 7, 1920

Comrade Basin!

I request that you convey my gratitude to the Thirtieth Regiment of Red Communards of the Turkestan Front for the macaroni and flour sent, which I have distributed to the children of the city of Moscow.

Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars

V. Ulyanov (Lenin)

First published in 1942 in Lenin Miscellany XXXIV

Printed from the typewritten text signed by V. I. Lenin