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To:   G. V. CHICHERIN

Comrade Chicherin:

I have just read yesterday’s C.P.C. decision on the matter of the Petrograd port. The text shows that the decision
has been adopted and that the contract is to be framed by a special Commission with the participation
of the P.C.F.A., the All-Russia Extraordinary Commission,
and the Petrograd Soviet. Introduce your concrete proposal
and try to get it through in this
Commission. [1]

Lenin

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Notes:
[1]
A reference to G. V. Chicherin’s protest against the proposal to
conclude a concession agreement with the British Bolton
Company to set up a free port in Petrograd. Chicherin said that this
would create a grave threat to the Republic’s external security.

This question was repeatedly discussed by the C.L.D. and the
Narrow C.P.C. Eventually, the proposal was not accepted,