Date: 1921-12-26
Source: ru:PSS/v54

Source: PSS, Volume 54

NKVT – Comrade Lezhavé

The report submitted by Comrade Emelyanov, whom one can and must rely on absolutely,
regarding the thefts occurring during unloading in Reval, gives rise to extremely grave concern and raises a question of colossal importance*.

I draw the attention of the People’s Commissar for Foreign Trade to this matter, urging him to take the most vigorous measures—conducting thorough investigations through trusted individuals—and to report to me both the results of these investigations and the measures that have been implemented. Please convey your response to Comrade Smolyaninov.

Chairman of the Council of People’s Commissars, Lenin

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* See also this volume, Document 201. Ed.

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Written on December 26, 1921.

First published in 1933.

In the Lenin Collection, Volume XXIII.

Printed from typewritten copy