588. TELEGRAM TO L. B. KRASIN

First published in 1965 in Collected Works, Fifth Ed., Vol. 51. Printed from the typewritten copy. · page 375

In code

Comrade Krasin

The substance of the Politbureau’s decision communicated to you was that all agreements concluded by you in gold currency should first be endorsed by the Politbureau. It is absolutely necessary to economise gold to the utmost. The Politbureau sees no business grounds for rescinding its decision.

On behalf of the Politbureau,
Lenin

May 11, 1920