[September 1, 1921]

We must "curtail" this Skobelev. Nulais' appointment is an impertinence 2.
September 1, 1921
Lenin
1 In a telegram addressed to G. V. Chicherin, Y. A. Berzin reported that M. I. Skobelev, representative of the All-Russian Committee for Aid to the Starving in Paris, was negotiating with the French government and demanded instructions and authority.