Copies to Molotov and Tsyurupa

I have already discussed in general terms with Comrade Tsyurupa the question you raise, and asked Comrade Tsyurupa, together with Rykov, to familiarize themselves with the matter and present their point of view at a meeting of the Political Bureau. I do not have the opportunity to go into this matter in any detail. 358

Lenin

Dictated by telephone

March 23, 1922

Printed for the first time,

from a typewritten copy