V. I.

Lenin

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NOTE TO LYDIA FOTIEVA AND ASSIGNMENT TO V. A. SMOLYANINOV

Comrade Fotieva :

You are clearly to blame for this business of the
Shatura (No. 3 in folder).

Received on 14 / IV.

Today is 23 / V.

You have pickled it, without giving a reminder either to me or to Smolyaninov.

We can’t have that sort of thing.

There must be no pickling. You must either read things yourself or ask Smolyaninov or Gorbunov to do so.

Please pass on this assignment to Smolyaninov now, using one of my letterheads:

α) verify at once whether anything has been done (by phone).

β) If not, at once set the thing going officially, letting
me sign the business papers, aa ) dissolution of the “Politbureaus”, bb ) issue of 2(-4?) boilers (-?),
etc. [1]

23/ V. Lenin

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Notes:
[1]
On May 24, 1921, V. A. Smolyaninov, on Lenin’s instructions, sent a telephone message to I. S. Unschlicht and a letter to

V. M. Molotov at the R.C.P.(B.) Central Committee requesting speedier examination of the question of the “Politbureau” at the Shatura construction site.