V. I.

Lenin

578

To:   M. M. LITVINOV

9.I.22

Comrade Litvinov :

I am sending you Mikhailov’s letter. Perhaps, you will find it appropriate to arrange a conference with Scheinman
and Lezhava or with anyone Lezhava may authorise, to prepare at once a draft decision on this urgent
matter. [1]

Lenin

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Notes:
[1]
The R.S.F.S.R. plenipotentiary representative in Norway,
L. M. Mikhailov, reported that the Norwegian Council of
Ministers had decided to pass through the Storting a loan to Soviet
Russia for the purchase of herring, with the proviso that, when
the transaction was concluded, 50 per cent of the cost was to be
paid in cash and the rest in equal instalments by October 15,
1922, and January 1, 1923. Mikhailov asked for a telegram
stating the amount of the transaction.

After additional negotiations and specification of the terms,
the agreement was signed.