Agreed. 19/X Lenin (Even if the ultimate goal is trade, we must nonetheless undertake this experiment, for it yields pure profit for the starving masses while granting us both control rights and the right to withdraw our participation after three months. Therefore, we should not charge fees for transportation or warehousing.) We should appoint—subject to confirmation by the Politburo—a controller from among our own ranks to oversee this operation in A.R.A., one who can combine reliability with the ability to effectively monitor every aspect of the endeavor.
Written on October 19, 1921.
First published in 1959 in Volume XXXVI of the Lenin Collection.

Printed from the manuscript.