1 G. V. Chicherin in a letter dated October 17, 1921 addressed to V. M. Molotov expressed a protest against the publication by the Rabkrin in its "Izvestiya," No. 7, September 24, 1921 of a series of information which could have been utilized by hostile agitation.

Lenin's note — on Chicherin's letter.

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RESOLUTION ON THE MEMORANDUM OF G. V. CHICHERIN 1

S e c r e t. Send to comrade Mikhailov: circulate to members of the Politburo for information.

3/XI [1921] Lenin

1 In a memorandum dated November 2, 1921, G. V. Chicherin draws the attention of V. I. Lenin to a cipher dispatch received from L. B. Krasin from London dated October 31, 1921 with a proposal to resolve the question of concluding an agreement with the Chairman of the American Relief Administration (ARA) and U.S. Secretary of Commerce G. Hoover on the delivery to Soviet Russia of foodstuffs in the amount of 1 million dollars. Negotiations on matters connected with aid to the starving had been conducted in Riga as early as August 1921 between the representative of the Soviet government M. M. Litvinov and the representative of the ARA W. Brown.

On August 20 an agreement was signed. The memorandum bears signatures of members of the Politburo concerning the vote (see on this question V. I. Lenin. Complete Collected Works, vol. 53, pp. 110–111).

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RESOLUTION ON THE REPORT MEMORANDUM OF B. I. REINSTEIN 1

I request comrade Mikhailov to transmit circularly to members of the PB [Politburo] and then return it to me.

3/XI [1921] Lenin

1 B. I. Reinstein at this time worked in the Comintern and the Profintern. His report concerned the results of a visit and negotiations on concessions with a representative of the American United Company of Medicaments and Chemical Preparations, Doctor Armand Hammer.