[28. X. 1921]

October 28, 1921
Dear comrades!
I sincerely apologize for not being able to fulfill your request: I have an extreme amount of current business, and simply cannot bring myself to take up a pen. I get tired. And I cannot write when tired, and I have a multitude of "debts" in terms of articles for the Communist International and others.
With communist greetings, Lenin