Letter to Georgy Chicherin, August 3, 1921

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3.VIII.1921

Comrade Chicherin:

Who is this Ionov?

How can he propose Mensheviks and Socialist- Revolutionaries?[1]

This seems to show or reveal something thoroughly evil.

What do you think ?

With communist greetings,

Lenin

  1. A reference to a proposal made by Ionov (Koigen F. M.) to have Mensheviks and S.R.s included in the branches abroad of the Central Famine Relief Commission under the All-Russia CEC On Ionov’s telegram to Chicherin, setting out the proposal, Lenin wrote: “Under no circumstances.”