To:THE COMMANDANT OF THE KREMLIN

Copyto Comrade N. P. Gorbunov

It turns out once again that visitors coming to see me are being detained by the
guards.[1]

Today, Comrade Sokolnikov, a member of the All-Russia
C.E.C., was detained for about 10 minutes as he was coming
to see me.

The guard was apparently right when he did not let
Sokolnikov use the phone, because, they say, it was a “house
phone”. But there is said to be another telephone, and the
guard should have let him use that! At any rate, I have
repeatedly demanded of the Kremlin Commandant, and insist, that he should make arrangements under which people coming to see me, even if they have no passes at all,
should have the possibilityto phone through, without the
slightest delay, both from the Kremlin gates and from the C.P.C. entrance, to my secretariat and the telephone
operators of the second-floor exchange.

Ihereby reprove you for neglecting my demands. Once again I propose that you should make all the necessary
arrangements right away, installing, in case of need, two
additional telephones for visitors (one in the Kremlin gates,
and one at the C.P.C. entrance) and reply to me at once.
Work out special instructions for those coming to see me.[2]

V. Ulyanov(Lenin)Chairman, C.P.C.