[1921]

Comrade Mikhailov! Please **urgently** send this to all members of the Politburo (if they approve, coordinate with Bogdanov and Chicherin and send it today).
Recognizing the colossal importance of Krasin managing to travel to America before the Washington Conference;
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Recognizing the no less importance of interesting American capital in our oil, I propose to reply to Krasin today with the following telegram:

" Agree to allocate up to one hundred thousand dollars for payment of investigations by the Foundation Company on condition of participation by our workers and specialists and delivery to us of all details of the investigation. We consider it colossally important to attract American capital for the construction of a paraffin separation plant and an oil pipeline in Grozny. We ask you to push this matter with maximum speed and energy, for your trip before the start of the Washington Conference is especially important."
Lenin