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Letter to V. A. Smolyaninov, July 11, 1921
Source: Lenin Collected Works, Progress Publishers, 1976, Moscow, Volume 45, page 208a.
The notes to V. A. Smolyaninov were written in connection with the fitting out of the Kara expedition to deliver goods to the mouth of the Ob and the Yenisei in Siberia for commodity exchange with a Swedish company. S. Y. Chutskayev, Deputy Chairman of the Siberian Revolutionary Committee, in a telegram to Lenin on July 8, 1921, expressed doubt concerning the successful outcome of the Kara expedition, in view of L. B. Krasin’s cancellation of the agreement with the Swedes and the purchases of goods from the British.
On July 14, 1921, on Lenin’s assignment, V. A. Smolyaninov, together with L. B. Krasin, wrote a reply to Chutskayev informing him of the measures taken to ensure the expedition,
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Comrade Smolyaninov:
I very much fear that Lezhava’s optimism is groundless. Ask for the facts and check them. Do the checking personally and twice. Then have a direct-line talk with Chutskayev and Ivan Nikitich Smirnov. Otherwise I will not believe that the matter has been secured.
11/VII.
Lenin
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Comrade Smolyaninov:
This is a matter of exceptional importance and urgency. You are responsible for its execution. Press on with it in every possible way. Krasin will be here on 13/VII. Place before the CLD before 13/VII.
11/VII.
Lenin