LETTER TO V. M. MOLOTOV*
January 27, 1922
To Molotov for all members of the Politburo
I request that the Politburo put the following proposal to a vote: to immediately send Comrade
Kalinin on a tour of the most grain-producing provinces of Ukraine to collect aid for the starving.
Equip his expedition extremely carefully for successful campaigning for collections through photographs,
film, demonstrating witnesses who have suffered from famine
stricken areas, etc. Assign responsibility for the practical
businesslike setting of the entire expedition personally
1. to Kalinin on the political side
2. to a specially appointed and approved by the Politburo
comrade practitioner, who would be able to actually carry out
and organize this matter properly. Obligate Kalinin with the entire
expedition to depart no later than in 3 days.
Lenin
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