V. I. Lenin

Source: ru:PSS/v52; en:CW/CW45;es:MT
Translated: machine translation (DeepSeek) from the Russian; AI-translated.

5/VI. 1921.

Comrade Klasson!

Please inform me (and Smolyaninov, when I am not available or have no time) of precise proposals for assistance to Gidrotorf.

You are also somewhat to blame for the fact that 1921 was missed.

See to it that you do not miss 1922.

Why did you not offer a prize of 10,000 to 50,000 gold rubles in Germany for the invention of a method of dehydration? We spoke about this before your departure!

Was it because there was no money (it should have been submitted to the STO in advance)? Or because such prizes would require very large sums? How much? Or for some other reason? Could we not now promise such and similar prizes by notarial deed in Germany, Canada, and America?

Greetings! Lenin