[August 31, 1921]

Comrade Adoratsky!
I forwarded Lavrentieva's statement to Smolyaninov (who replaces Gorbunov as Administrator of Affairs of the Council of People's Commissars) for forwarding to the proper address.
I cannot under any circumstances interfere in this and similar matters; and all the assistance you can render to the petitioners must consist of "legal" aid to them, i.e., to teach them (and help them)
to *fight* for their right according to all the rules of a legal war for rights in the RSFSR.
Yours, Lenin