LETTER TO G. V. CHICHERIN
December 7, 1921
To T. Chicherin
You may communicate with me; for maximum efficiency,
it is best to address correspondence directly to Fotieva, who will, if necessary,
arrange a telephone conversation. I will respond to events—especially the most significant ones. I am deeply concerned that Ordzhonikidze’s arrival at the Plenum of the Central Committee and at the Congress of Soviets may give rise to a one-sided account of Persian policy. Therefore, should you nonetheless decide to grant Rotstein a reprieve, it is absolutely essential that you immediately request, over the telephone,

the urgent dispatch—via a special courier—of the most detailed particulars concerning the terms, considerations, and evidence pertaining to his dispute with the Baku comrades.²
Lenin
Dictated over the telephone