TELEGRAMS TO V. V. STARKOV.
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Berlin, Foreign Trade. To Starkov.
October 28, 1921
In response to your telegram “X? 411, October 24,” I firmly insist that the Hydrotorf orders be fulfilled—with the understanding that they must be completed, that is, delivered to Moscow no later than March. Please provide a reply. [01326]

Chairman of the Preparatory Committee, Lenin
Deputy Chairman of Foreign Trade, Radchenko
I need more precise and faster information—I fear terribly that we might miss the mark in 1922.
Lenin.
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Berlin, Foreign Trade. To Starkov.
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October 28, [1921]
Take decisive measures to shorten the manufacturing lead time for Madruk 1, with the goal of commissioning and testing it in July.
* Printed from a typewritten copy. Ed.
** Printed from a typewritten copy: the signature and the final paragraph were added by Lenin.
Rc<).