INSTRUCTION TO N. P. GORBUNOV 1
[June 28 or 29, 1921]
To N. P. Gorbunov
Urgent.
Bring this matter to a successful conclusion yourself. I have no time.
Lenin
1 Written on a postal telegraph form addressed by the Deputy People’s Commissar for Posts and Telegraphs, A. M. Lyubovich, to the Head of Administrative Affairs of the Council of People’s Commissars, N. P. Gorbunov (with copies sent to the Cheka and to V. I. Lenin), explaining the reasons for the poor performance of telephone communications on the Moscow–Gorki line and offering proposals for rectifying the existing shortcomings.