MEMORANDUM TO V. M. MOLOTOV¹
[April 15, 1921]
T.
Molotov! We could perhaps consult the members of the PBureau over the telephone.
For 2.
Lenin
1 Written on a report by G. V. Chicherin, addressed to the Central Committee of the RCP(b).
The report outlined the measures necessary to establish relations with Abyssinia (Ethiopia).
2 Other members of the Politburo also endorsed G. V. Chicherin’s proposal.
At that time, diplomatic relations with Abyssinia had not yet been established. In 1924, negotiations to establish diplomatic relations with Abyssinia were resumed—but once again, no such relations were established. Diplomatic relations between Soviet Russia and Abyssinia were finally established in 1943.