Date: 1921-10-27
Source: ru:PSS/v53

Source: PSS, Volume 53

Copy to Comrade Bogdanov
October 27, 1921

Comrade Martens!

I have received both contracts—No. 368. I am returning them.

Why are there no additional clauses that Reinstein and Hammer had shown me in the draft?

We must promptly revise these clauses and bring them to fruition.

It is imperative that we pay meticulous attention to the thorough, fact-based implementation of our contractual obligations.

Do not rely on orders alone!

Without triple verification, everything will be botched, and nothing will be done properly.

We must appoint a capable, hands-on individual as personally responsible for oversight and inspection.

We must treat concessionaires with utmost care—this is of paramount economic and political importance.

Please inform me what specific measures you or the Presidium of the VSNKh are taking.

Chairman of the Sovnarkom, V. Ulyanov (Lenin)

P.S. We must especially determine whether these documents should be published.

Much suggests that it would be highly beneficial for us to publicize this concession—and the associated contract—as widely as possible.

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First published in 1933

In the Lenin Collection, Volume XXIII

Printed from manuscript