NOTE TO V. M. MOLOTOV 1
To Comrade Molotov: Should the Politburo be convened?
Or should we resolve the matter by way of a poll, asking Avanesov to set forth the underlying reasons in roughly ten lines? 2
10/VI [1921] Lenin

1 The present note was drafted in response to a request from V. A. Avanesov to reconsider the Organizational Bureau’s decision of June 7, 1921, to recall Martynovich from the People’s Commissariat for Foreign Affairs and Trade.
2 On June 21, at a meeting of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the RCP(b), it was decided to retain Martynovich in the People’s Commissariat for Foreign Affairs and Trade.