[September 1, 1921]

Comrade Smolyaninov!
We must ask *Kurskoy* about this. He held a different opinion. Check through him *more strictly* 2,
September 1, 1921
Lenin
1 Written on the memorandum of the Chairman of the Supreme Council of National Economy (VSNKh) P. A. Bogdanov concerning the proposed conclusion of a concession agreement with SKF. Bogdanov considered the conclusion of the agreement necessary, provided that SKF's demand for the restoration of its rights to ball bearing warehouses located in Soviet Russia was rejected, and proposed to resolve the issue of the warehouses by the Soviet government paying their cost to SKF.