288. TELEGRAM TO G. K. ORJONIKIDZE

Written on July 4, 1921 · First published in 1942 in Lenin Miscellany XXXIV. Sent to Tiflis. Printed from the original. · page 508

Orjonikidze

I am surprised that you are interfering with Stalin’s holiday. Stalin ought still to rest for not less than four or six weeks. Get a written opinion from good doctors.

Let me know what you are doing for Baku and for the development of foreign trade. Your silence about this makes me suspicious.

Lenin