LETTER TO G.K. ORDJONIKIDZE OR K.M. CINCADZE1

May 10, 1922

10.V.1922

Comrade Ordzhonikidze, or if he is not in Tiflis, then Comrade Cincadze (Chairman of the Georgian Cheka)

Dear Comrade!

I am not going to the Caucasus. Please, for the sake of secrecy, spread the rumor cautiously all summer that I am going.

Inform me of the receipt of this letter by courier, but do not mention its contents in the letter.

Yours, Lenin.

Inscription on the envelope:

Tiflis

To Comrade Ordzhonikidze, or if he is away, to Cincadze — Chairman of the Georgian Cheka (from Lenin) 10.V.1922.

Return the envelope with a receipt2

Obtain a receipt from the courier.

Fund 2, op. 1, f. 23142 — autograph

1 See docs. 379, 381.

2 The instruction was carried out: "Dear Vladimir Ilyich, in accordance with your instructions, I enclose herewith the envelope with the personal signature of Comrade Cincadze. Comrade Ordzhonikidze has not yet returned from his trip. With communist greetings. A. Belenky. 26/6" (RGASPI, f. 2, op. 1, f. 23142, p. 3).