NOTE TO G. V. CHICHERIN
[1920, later than November 22] Comrade Chicherin!
Would you be so kind as to draft a reply, if necessary?
With Comrade Lenin
1 We are referring to the draft response to the credentials presented to the Soviet government by the President of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey, Mustafa Kemal (Atatürk), which were handed to Lenin by Ali Fuad Pasha, Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of Turkey to the RSFSR.
The credentials stated: “...we entrust him with the task of making every effort to further strengthen the bonds of friendship and brotherhood that unite our peoples; we ask that you regard with favor all statements he may make on behalf of our Government.”