January 31  
To the Chairman  
of the Council of People's Commissars  
of the Tatar Republic,  
Kazan

I request urgent confirmation of the special services to Soviet Russia of Nikolai Golubyatnikov, head of the criminal investigation department, killed on 2 March 1920 while performing his official duties, for the purpose of granting an increased pension.—People's Commissar for Social Security Vinokurov.

1921  
By telegraph

I confirm the request. I ask for a prompt reply by telegraph.

Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars  
Lenin

TO THE SPEECH AT THE FOURTH ALL-RUSSIAN CONGRESS