V. I.

Lenin

(On Chicherin’s Motion that Krasin be Temporarily Recalled and Krasin’s Invited Opinion)

In regard to the proposal of the People’s Commissar for
Foreign Affairs that Krasin’s Mission be temporarily recalled from

Britain [1] as a means of bringing pressure to bear on the British
Government, the Politbureau makes no immediate decision on this matter arid
invites Krasin to give his opinion urgently. There is no question of a
break with Britain, but merely that of pressure, for it is clear that
Churchill, Curzon & Co. are dragging their feet and deceiving u, therefore,
a temporary departure may prove very useful and intensify agitation by the
Councils of

Action. [2]

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Notes:
[1]
L. B. Krasin headed the Soviet delegation sent to negotiate a trade
agreement with the British Government.

[2]
Councils of Action were set up in August 1920 by the British
workers to prevent Britain making war on Soviet Russia. The Communist Party
of Great Britain was largely instrumental in getting these councils
organised. The councils campaigned for Britain’s recognition of Soviet
Russia and the establishment of normal relations between the two countries.
The Politbureau of the CC., R.C.P.(B.) adopted Lenin’s Motion. See also
pp. 232-33 of this volume.