V. I. Lenin

Source: ru:PSS/v54;es:MT
Translated: machine translation (DeepSeek) from the Russian; AI-translated.

FOR THE POLITBURO OF THE R.C.P.(B.) C.C.

Comrade Molotov

On Krestinsky’s first proposal (salary rates) I am quite unable to judge, but I think that Krestinsky’s opinion must be taken into account, because he is not exaggerating. On the second—I think that Krestinsky is wrong and that it is absolutely necessary to send Avanesov to verify things on the spot.193

Lenin

Dictated over the telephone

January 9, 1922