Rid asks him to come in for five minutes today.
Very well. When…
It’s a matter of great importance. At 9 o’clock?
The SNK will be adjourned.
Vladimir Ilyich will probably no longer be available—
John Rid: It’s already late; will the matter drag on?
Rid sits in his room, waiting for the call. (Incidentally, he has mastered Russian quite admirably!)
13258 Very important—if he can spare just five minutes, let him come right away.
ON RATIONS FOR PETROGRAD SCIENTISTS
RESOLUTIONS ON LETTERS FROM A.M. GORKY