In view of the particular urgency and importance of concluding a concession agreement with the SKF, I request that you take the necessary measures for the speediest possible resolution of the question of purchasing the finished ball bearings available in the SKF warehouse. A final decision must be given within a week. Please inform me of the outcome.

Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars, Lenin

to the text signed by

V. I. Lenin

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Written on 30 June 1921

First published in 1959

in Lenin Miscellany XXXVI

Printed from the typewritten copy