Letter to Georgy Chicherin, July 20, 1921

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Comrade Chicherin:

I have just read yesterday’s CPC decision on the matter of the Petrograd port. The text shows that the decision has been adopted and that the contract is to be framed by a special Commission with the participation of the P.C.F.A., the All-Russia Extraordinary Commission, and the Petrograd Soviet. Introduce your concrete proposal and try to get it through in this Commission.[1]

Lenin

  1. ↑ A reference to G. V. Chicherin’s protest against the proposal to conclude a concession agreement with the British Bolton Company to set up a free port in Petrograd. Chicherin said that this would create a grave threat to the Republic’s external security.
    This question was repeatedly discussed by the CLD and the Narrow CPC Eventually, the proposal was not accepted,