August 27, 1920
To the Small Council
In view of the extremely severe and perilous illness afflicting Comrade Vorovsky (typhoid fever, pneumonia, and the like), I urgently request that a substantial allowance be granted for medical treatment and enhanced nutritional support.
Chairman of the Sovnarkom
V. Ulyanov (Lenin)

September 29, 1920
I endorse this request, for I have personally witnessed Vorovsky’s dire condition and have received similar instructions from several comrades*.
Lenin