30/VII.

I am drawing your attention to the telegram from Natsarenus from Trebizond of 19/VII regarding the possibility of purchasing a large shipment of coal there, and he provides prices for the coal, as well as—a large shipment of grain. Obtain a copy of this telegram immediately and achieve the maximum acceleration of the matter, for substantial assistance to Baku industry may be possible.

Inform me of what measures have been undertaken.

Lenin

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Written 30 July 1921

First published in 1932 in Lenin Miscellany XX

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