V. I.

Lenin

658

TELEGRAM TO G. Y. ZINOVIEV

Zinoviev
Smolny
Petrograd

Krzhizhanovsky reports that the Chairman of the
Housing Committee for the Poor, at No. 15, Alexandrovsky
Prospekt, Petrogradskaya Storona, is threatening Professor
Heinrich Graftio, who occupies flat No. 3, with house-searches
and confiscation of his property.

Graftio is a respected professor, who is on our side. He
must be protected against the arbitrary action of the
Chairman of the Housing Committee for the Poor. Please report
fulfilment.

Lenin
Chairman, Council of People’s Commissars

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