Comrade Shvedchikov, I am unable to arrange the meeting you have requested. I would be grateful if you could write me a few lines—first, outlining the fund you ultimately received for overseas purchases by the end of 1921; and second, detailing any practical proposals you may now have.

6/VIII–21. Lenin

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First published in 1933 in the Lenin Collection, Volume XXIII

Printed from typewritten copy