12/VII. 1921

Comrade Peterson!

All packages left in the booth at the Troitsky Gate addressed to me must be transmitted to the Secretariat of the Council of People's Commissars absolutely immediately, without the slightest delay; otherwise I shall apply strict penalties. A package addressed to me, sent by comrade Bogdanov with a courier at 4 o'clock, has not yet been delivered to me, and only through comrade Bogdanov's report at 7 o'clock was it discovered that it was lying in the booth.

Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars

V. Ulyanov (Lenin)

P.S. I request that you send me a copy of your order on this matter and exact indication of the measures you have taken. If I do not receive [a package] from the booth within 5 minutes from now, I shall have to subject you to disciplinary action.28

Lenin

Compiled by L. A. Fotieva and signed by V. I. Lenin

First published in 1942 in Lenin Collection XXXIV

Printed according to L. A. Fotieva's record, completed and signed by V. I. Lenin