V. I.

Lenin

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TELEGRAM TO THE SOVIET GOVERNMENT DELEGATION

Code

Sovgovdel, London

The warrant for two million poods of grain issued to you must be started on at once. Buy the nearest even if
small consignments wherever you can, without stinting the price. You are free to buy any other food products and,
tinned stuffs under this warrant. Can anything be received
from Canada right away? You may pay a moderate bonus for speedy delivery at Baltic ports. May
10. [2]

Lenin [1]

Chairman, Council of People’s Commissars

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Notes:
[1]
The telegram was also signed by L. B. Krasin, People’s
Commissar for Foreign Trade.— Ed.

[2]
A reply telegram from N. K. Klyshko, deputy of the R.S.F.S.R.’s official representative in Great Britain, of May 12, 1921, said that the urgent warrant, mentioned in the present document, was being started on at once.