276. To A. I. RYKOV

Written on July 24, 1921 · First published in 1932 in Lenin Miscellany XX. Printed from the original. · page 226

Secret

Comrade Rykov (return to me)

Comrade Rykov:

I think Babkin should be reproved and left to do his job (since he agrees to have Potyaev at the S.E.C., the whole thing is nothing but a squabble and a lot of gossip).

Obtain a paper on Babkin’s illness from a good doctor: put off his holiday until the winter, if possible; if it cannot be put off, let him go at once, but put an obligation on him to receive serious treatment.

I am writing separately to Potyaev and Avanesov^[1] about his business proposals for introduction in the C.L.D. on 27/VII.

Lenin

24/VII.

Notes

[1] See Document 272 of this volume.—Ed.