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NOTES TO V. I. MILYUTIN.
December 1921.
I.
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1) You must definitely talk with Chicherin.
2) You must check whether a receipt has been taken (must definitely be taken or the entirety of its content inserted into the agreement) *.

1 V. I. Milyutin’s reply is written on the reverse side of Lenin’s note: “In order to avoid red tape, pressure must be put on Chicherin, he told me that Dzerzhinsky had supposedly submitted a statement to the Central Committee. I can talk to Chicherin today. Has a "receipt" been taken?-- An agreement has been concluded with them, I can deliver its text to you tomorrow.”

The question apparently concerned the agreement with German workers who, like workers from other countries, were coming to Soviet Russia to help in establishing and raising the ruined industry. Agreements were concluded with them, an integral part of which were obligations, in the form of receipts from immigrant workers, regarding their willingness to endure the inevitable deprivations that awaited them in Russia at that time.

Both notes are undated.
II.
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This uncertainty cannot be tolerated for even one day. If anyone protests, immediately submit it to the Council of People's Commissars (otherwise you will be guilty).

Has a receipt been taken from the German delegates stating that we have announced to them that we do not guarantee food, clothing and housing better than the rest of the ordinary workers in Russia.