July 14, 1921

To the Chairman
of the Council
of People's
Commissars
Comrade Lenin

Comrade Avanesov
Personally I am following the work on printing the
and Popov
"Instruction". The delay depends not on the printing house,
but exclusively on the proofreading. I fear that
An accountable
there will be many errors in the "Instruction". Due to the fact
proofreader must
that corrections were introduced at different times in separate
be appointed.
parts and there are many uncoordinated passages—the delay
depends exclusively on me and Popov.
LENIN
V. Avanesov

Yesterday evening at 10:30 p.m. I personally examined the
proofs at the Cheka printing house. They promised to prepare
them for today.
P. Popov

1921