December 6, 1921

I cannot. Today I am leaving on sick leave. Talk with Molotov and, best of all, write (after that conversation) ten lines to the Politburo with the conclusion: approve such-and-such directive.

Lenin

(I very much fear that the absence of a deputy from among the major specialists in Glavprofobr is wrong! Your opinion?).

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This concerns the draft decree of the Ninth All-Russian Congress of Soviets on the restoration of agriculture.

* * The note was written by V. I. Lenin in reply to M. N. Pokrovsky's question: "Should we make a report to you on the conference on higher educational institutions, to you personally—or to the Politburo? There are no disagreements among us, but there are disagreements with the professoriate, which stubbornly wishes to preserve autonomy."