[1921, October, not earlier than 14]

Comrade Chicherin! I doubt that any other People's Commissariat would tolerate this. The blame, in my opinion, lies with the Administrator of Affairs P. P. Gorbunov2. He is obliged to formulate and push through the Politburo a precise regulation on the rights of the People's Commissariat of Foreign Affairs (PCFA) and on the fact that without your consent, the PCFA has no right to dismiss people (in the broad sense of the word "dismiss").
Sincerely, Lenin