V. I.

Lenin

804

To:   L. D. TROTSKY

Comrade Trotsky:

I am sending you Krestinsky’s letter Write me as soon as possible whether you agree; at the plenum, I am going
to fight for the monopoly.

What about you?

Yours,

Lenin

P.S. It would be best returned soon . [1]

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Notes:
[1]
A reference to a letter from N. N. Krestinsky, R.S.F.S.R.
Plenipotentiary Representative in Germany, of December 3, 1922. He
gave a positive evaluation to the work of the trade mission in
Berlin, reported agreements with some German firms, described
the talks being conducted and the great prospects in this respect.
He wrote that these would be destroyed with the lifting of the
foreign trade monopoly. It is indicative, he added, that “some
comrades who have been abroad are becoming supporters of the
monopoly (Tsyurupa, Vladimirov, Rykov, Avanesov)”. On the
strength of the experience gained abroad, Krestinsky took a firm
stand in favour of the foreign trade monopoly (Central Party
Archives of the Institute of Marxism-Leninism of the C.P.S.U. Central
Committee). See also next document.