V. I. Lenin

Source: ru:PSS/v52; en:CW/CW42;es:MT
Translated: machine translation (DeepSeek) from the Russian; AI-translated.

5/VI. 1921.

Comrade Klasson!

Please inform me (and Smolyaninov, when I am away or busy) of precise proposals for assistance to Gidrotorf.

You, too, are somewhat to blame for having let 1921 slip by.

See that you do not let 1922 slip by.

Why did you not offer a prize of 10,000 to 50,000 gold rubles in Germany for the invention of a method of dewatering? We spoke about this before your departure!

Was it because there was no money (it should have been placed before the Council of Labour and Defence in advance)? Or because such prizes require a very large sum? How much? Or for some other reason? Could we not now promise such and similar prizes by notarial deed in Germany, Canada and America?

Greetings! Lenin

First published in 1932. Printed from the manuscript.
in Lenin Miscellany XX