Telegram to Leonid Krasin, Georgy Chicherin and Vatslav Vorovsky, May 13, 1922

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This is an addition, headed “From Lenin”, to the telegram signed by A. I. Rykov. Rykov reported the difficulties in transporting coal from Donbas because of a shortage of rolling stock and locomotives and the bad state of the railway tracks. He asked that measures should be taken to conclude an agreement with Italian companies for the sale of coal to them at favourable prices.

Krasin, Chicherin and Vorovsky

Genoa

I attach enormous importance to such a treaty. I think we should offer the Italians a coal price lower than that which they pay to their usual suppliers. Please speed up reply.[1]

Lenin

  1. ↑ See Document 733 of this volume.—Ed.