V. I.

Lenin

276

To:   A. I. RYKOV

Secret

Comrade Rykov (return to me)

Comrade Rykov:

I think Babkin should be reproved and left to do his job (since he agrees to have Potyaev at the S.E.C., the
whole thing is nothing but a squabble and a lot of gossip).

Obtain a paper on Babkin’s illness from a good doctor:
put off his holiday until the winter, if possible; if it
cannot be put off, let him go at once, but put an obligation
on him to receive serious treatment.

I am writing separately to Potyaev and
Avanesov [1] about his business proposals for introduction in the C.L.D. on
27/VII.

Lenin

24/VII.