[1921]

Comrade Martens!
Could Hammer (Reinstein told me about him) be persuaded to
take on the financing of the Rutgers group to save the Urals, by improving the composition of this group? adding, say, 4 business-like Americans?
Please answer me on this as soon as possible.
Second. Could Hammer be interested in the plan for the electrification of the Urals, so that Hammer would provide not only grain, but also electrical equipment (on credit, of course).
The Rutgers plan must be corrected (manage to do this through Hammer), and not simply rejected 1.
Sincerely, Lenin