TO MEMBERS OF THE POLITBURO OF THE CC RCP(b)

23-VIII-21

To Trotsky

To Kamenev

To Stalin

To Molotov

To Zinoviev

Regarding Zinoviev's proposal — to reprimand Steklov for the tactlessness of his article "On Leftism" 152 — I think this should not be done at the present time.

It seems to me that the note by Solts in *Pravda* on this matter was sufficient. Steklov will undoubtedly draw the correct conclusions from the appearance of this note, and intervention by the Politburo would therefore be premature at this point.

V. Ulyanov (Lenin)
Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars

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