V. I.

Lenin

104

To:   A. I. RYKOV

Comrade Rykov:

I have gone over your material on the concession agreement, and am highly
indignant. [1]

This is either sabotage or idiocy on the part of Dosser
& Co.!

There is a host of useless and ridiculous details (prohibition to light fires, etc.), but the important things have not been brought out.

The serious matters have been swamped in bureaucratic litter.

There is no sign of brains , thinking brains.

What is Lomov doing?

You have wrecked the C.P.C. decision (2/II.1921), [2] requiring the working out of the main principles within three weeks!/

These principles must be worked out tomorrow (i.e., 28/III) at all costs, and they should be concise enough to
be telegraphed to Krasin.

Show them to me before that.

I append my own draft, a rough and hasty outline: I take
the important and the controversial items. [3] I think the
rest is less important or indisputable.

Stop the sabotage and do the job properly , otherwise
I shall fight it out in the C.C.

Who is on your “concessions commission”? Its membership: reply before 11 a.m. tomorrow.

Lenin