652. To N. N. KRESTINSKY

First published in 1965 in Collected Works, Fifth Ed., Vol. 51. Printed from the original. · page 412

11. VIII. 1920

Comrade Krestinsky

Comrade Shapovalov (Alexander Isidorovich) is one of the old Party comrades. A Petrograd worker.

I knew him very well in the Party while still abroad, where he always worked like a cart-horse.

Now he is ill. He is badly in need of extra nourishment.

Cannot it be arranged for him to use the Kremlin dining-room? I earnestly request this and a ration (increased) for him, and help of every kind.

Lenin