V. I.

Lenin

519

To:   G. M. KRZHIZHANOVSKY

1

26.XI.1921

G. M.!

What’s this I see in Pravda today about Cheiko’s invention? [1] Is this another canard? If this is in earnest, why print anything about remote-controlled explosions? Write
me a couple of words; perhaps we should send an inquiry
to Kharkov, or summon Cheiko, or have some specialist phone Kharkov?

Yours,

Lenin

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26/XI.

G. M.:

I have spoken with Chubar. It turns out that he knows about this invention and says that the specialists and
professors over there have discussed it and found it to be a
serious one. He says he can send over the materials and
the inventor himself.

We have to decide whether we should get the materials or the inventor himself over here; perhaps we should send
them to Bonch-Bruyevich in
Nizhni-Novgorod? [2]

Think about this and write me or N. P. Gorbunov, to whom I shall give an assignment to keep an eye on the
execution and verification.

Yours,

Lenin