NOTE TO G. V. CHICHERIN
[May 26, 1921]
Comrade Chicherin!
Regarding the "matter," it was decided in the P. Bureau: Bogdanov-Tsyperovich are responsible.
If things go wrong, write to me accurately.
Lenin
1 This refers to the decision of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the RCP(b), adopted on May 26, 1921, on the issue of negotiations with German industrialists. The development of a negotiation plan was entrusted to a commission consisting of P. A. Bogdanov, Chairman of the Supreme Economic Council, and G. V. Tsyperovich. The decision of the Politburo stated: "Comrade Bogdanov, in case of extreme necessity, is authorized to replace himself with another responsible comrade, in agreement with Lenin. The commission shall submit brief written reports to the Politburo weekly on the progress of the matter."
G. V. Tsyperovich was a member of the party from 1919. From 1921 to 1929, he held a responsible economic position in the Council of National Economy, in the People's Commissariat of Finance, and in the Leningrad Regional Planning Commission.