To Comrade Osinsky

Comrade Osinsky, unfortunately, I'm forced to cancel the meeting and the conversation due to illness. Please address the Secretary of the Politburo, Tov. Molotov. I am writing about the Shatilov Oats Trust to Tov. Molotov, with a copy to you1. 17.II.22.

Lenin.

Received by telephone т. Fotieva.

Fund 2, op. 1, d. 22797, fol. 1 - typewritten text.

1The note refers to the release of a loan to the Shatilov Oats Trust for work to improve plant culture. For Lenin's letter to V.M.Molotov, see: Lenin V.I. Complete Collected Works, vol. 44, с. 395.

On February 18, 1922, at Lenin's suggestion, the Politburo decided to financially support the trust, and on March 4, it obliged the People's Commissariat of Finance to release to the People's Commissariat of Agriculture the necessary funds for the trust.