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NOTE TO J. V. STALIN, L. B. KAMENEV AND L. D. TROTSKY WITH A DRAFT TELEGRAM TO GENOA

Comrades Stalin, Kamenev and Trotsky

I propose that we send the following telegram (and communicate to the editorial boards of Pravda and Izvestia
as a directive to our press):

“ To Chicherin and Sosnovsky “ All information from Genoa indicates that we are
succumbing to deceit. Lloyd George, who is making noises
against France, is covering up his main urge—to force us
to pay debts in general and those to the former owners in
particular. It is time we started a systematic exposure of
this old manoeuvre by British diplomats, doing this both
in our press and the communist press abroad.” [1]

Lenin

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Notes:
[1]
Lenin’s proposal, which is contained in the published document,
was adopted by the Politbureau of the R.C.P.(B.) C.C. on April
19, 1922. Thai same day, the telegram was sent through the
People’s Commissariat for Foreign Affairs to G. V. Chicherin and
L. S. Sosnovsky, and also to the editorial boards of Pravda and
Izvestia VTsIK .