V. I.

Lenin

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To:   ARMAND HAMMER

11.V.1922

Dear Comrade Hammer!

Excuse me please; I have been very ill; now I am much, much better.

Many thanks for Your present—a very kind letter from
American comrades and friends who are in prison. I enclose
for You my letter to Comrade Zinoviev or for other comrades
in Petrograd if Zinoviev has left Petrograd.

My best wishes for the full success of Your first concession: such success would be of great importance also for
trade relations between our Republic & United States.

Thanking You once more. I beg to apologise for my bad
English. Please address letters & telegrams to my secretary ( Fotieva or Smolianinoff ). I shall instruct
them. [1]

Yours truly, Lenin