V. I.

Lenin

717

DRAFT TELEGRAM TO G. V. CHICHERIN

Be sure to make a break and quickly over the new allied
memorandum, [1] because we shall allow no concession to
the owners, and a better opportunity will not be found.
Delays weaken us. With the German treaty in hand, we shall now never abandon a long-term effort to stand only
on its basis. Start a highly circumspect flirtation with Italy
separately.

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Notes:
[1]
A reference to the memorandum of the Allied countries of May 2, 1922, presented to the Soviet delegation at the conference on

May 3.