¹ The note was written on a telegram from M. M. Litvinov dated 16 January 1921 from Reval, which reported a proposal by the Dutch oil syndicate "Royal Dutch" to grant the syndicate a monopoly right to export oil and kerosene from Soviet Russia and to lease to it undeveloped oil regions. See this collection, p. 167.

² The edge of the document is torn. Apparently, it concerns an assignment to get in touch by telephone with the Chairman of the Supreme Council of the National Economy, A. I. Rykov.