Date: 1922-01-29
Source: ru:LS/v38

Having reviewed the commission’s materials, V. I. Lenin noted certain inaccuracies in the underlying arguments and forwarded them for revision.
Beginning in January 1922, a thorough audit was conducted of all losses incurred as a result of foreign military intervention; following this audit, the total amount of such losses was determined to be 39 billion rubles. This sum—claimed from the Entente powers—was subsequently presented by the Soviet delegation at the Genoa Conference.

A. A. Ioffe served as a member of the Soviet delegation to the Genoa Conference.
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RESOLUTION AND AMENDMENTS TO THE TEXT OF THE CONCLUSION REGARDING THE DELAY IN PACKET DELIVERY
CONCLUSION
I deem it necessary:
1. To remind Comrade Fotieva of the need for more carefully planned procedures in the receipt and handover of secret and urgent packages of special designation.
2. To propose that Comrade Sotnikov issue a reprimand to Comrade Berzin for his imprecise execution of the instructions entrusted to him.
3. To deliver the strictest possible reprimand to Comrade Rudneva for her frivolous and unserious attitude toward her duties.
Manager of Affairs of the SNK, N. Gorbunov
RESULT OF THE INVESTIGATION INTO THE CASE OF THE DELAY IN PACKET DELIVERY CONTAINING URGENT LETTERS DISPATCHED BY COMRADE LENIN ON JANUARY 24, 1922

3:30 p.m. — Pakoun handed two folders to Berzin. Comrade Berzin knew that these folders contained letters from Vl. Il.
6:20 p.m. Berzin arrived in Moscow by rail.
7:10 p.m. Berzin came to the SNK and delivered the folders to Comrade Rudneva, stating to her, according to Berzin’s testimony: “Please pass these folders immediately to Fotieva—these are from V. I.” However, according to Rudneva’s account: “There’s no one in the Secretariat. I’m handing these folders over to you.”
The handover took place without any official receipt being issued in the duty room near the telephone booth, and without any witnesses. Rudneva, believing that these were empty folders returned from V. I., placed them on the windowsill. About fifteen minutes later, Comrade Rudneva went off to attend to her own business at the library, saying nothing to anyone about the folders she had received.
8:05 p.m. Vl. Il. called by telephone to inquire whether the folders had been received and whether the letters sent via Berzin had been distributed.
First Lepeshinskaya, then Fotieva, spoke with Vl. Il. The conversation took place from the telephone booth. Since no one had any knowledge of the folders, … I agree; with the amendments specified in point 1.
January 29, 1922
Lenin