V. I.

Lenin

711

To:   A. I. RYKOV [1]

Comrade Rykov, I think we should try bargaining, but concede in the
end (through the C.P.C.). Bargaining point: redemption before expiry,
after 30 years , at a heightened valuation of their expenditure and labour.

Lenin

6/X.

You will concede a 50–year period for the concession.

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Notes:
[1]
Written in connection with Chicherin’s letter to Lenin of
October 5,1920, reporting Rykov’s talks with W. B. Vanderlip
concerning concessions in the Far East. Rykov was insisting on
shortening the term of the concessions and the right to buy them back
before their expiry, but Vanderlip would not agree to this.

See also Note 440.