V. I. Lenin

Source: ru:PSS/v44;es:MT
Translated: machine translation (DeepSeek) from the Russian; AI-translated.

LETTER TO V. V. KUIBYSHEV AND DRAFT OF AN OBLIGATION FOR WORKERS COMING FROM AMERICA TO RUSSIA

Comrade Kuibyshev,
I am sending you a draft of the undertaking which Rutgers and all his men, down to the last worker, must give (in the event of signing the contract).
If you agree, propose it to them.
Find (for all the negotiations) a reliable interpreter who knows both languages thoroughly.
The contract must be extremely precise.
We need our own lawyer (a Communist) to draw it up.
In my opinion, it should be called a contract for the management of a number of plants, etc.
The technical expert opinion must be signed by Stünkel and several other competent experts.
With Communist greetings,
Lenin

Are the leaders and organisers of the undertaking agreed to sign themselves and to obtain from all those coming from America to Russia the signature of the following obligation:

1. We undertake to carry this through and are collectively responsible for ensuring that only people capable and willing consciously to endure a number of severe hardships, inevitably connected with the restoration of industry in a country that is very backward and incredibly ruined, go to Russia.

2. Those going to Russia undertake to work with the utmost exertion and with the greatest possible productivity of labour and discipline, exceeding the capitalist norm, for otherwise Russia cannot overtake and even catch up with capitalism.

3. We undertake to submit all cases of conflict without exception, of whatever nature these conflicts may be, for final decision to the supreme authority of Soviet Russia, and honestly to carry out all its decisions.

4. We undertake not to forget the extreme nervousness of the hungry and exhausted Russian workers and peasants around our undertaking, and to help them in every way so as to create friendly relations and overcome distrust and envy.