[1921]

Comrade Yenukidze!
Thank you for your letter.
I am sending you a copy of the official ruling by the investigator for important cases under the People's Commissariat of Justice, Comrade Torkhovsky,
dated May 31.
Since you have halted this case, formally taking all responsibility for the (outrageous!) red tape shown by
Comrade Platonov 2, I will not raise this matter again. Would you agree to give Platonov a written
reprimand with a warning that, if anything similar occurs again,
you will no longer defend him, and he will receive a very severe punishment, up to being deprived of the right to
hold Soviet positions for several years.
I very much ask you to send me a copy of your letter to Platonov.
Please return the official ruling by Investigator Torkhovsky 2.
Yours, Lenin