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Letter to Alexei Rykov, May 16, 1922
| Author(s) | Lenin |
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| Written | 16 May 1922 |
Source: Lenin Collected Works, Progress Publishers, 1976, Moscow, Volume 45, page 551a.
Written on a telegram from L. B. Krasin proposing, in connection with the talks with Italian companies on the sale of coal to them, that one or two shiploads of Donets coal should be sent to Italy to arouse the interest of Italian industrialists.
By its decision of May 17, 1922, the Council of Labour and Defence put the duty on the Central Fuel Administration of the S.E.C. to provide best grades of coal for shipment to Italy.
A preliminary agreement with Italian companies for the sale of coal, signed by L. B. Krasin, People’s Commissar for Foreign Trade, in May, was discussed by the C.L.D. on June 2, and was referred for urgent consideration by the Concessions Committee. On June 21, 1922, the agreement was signed. See also this volume, Document 736.
Comrade Rykov:
It is necessary to carry through by phone the CLD decision on sending two shiploads of the best Donets coal and to press on with execution (Frumkin’s personal responsibility). Designate responsible persons by name at Bakhmut and Taganrog.
Lenin