295. To G. V. CHICHERIN

First published in 1965 in Collected Works, Fifth (Russian) Ed., Vol. 53. Printed from the original. · page 238

3.VIII.1921

Comrade Chicherin:

Who is this Ionov?

How can he propose Mensheviks and Socialist- Revolutionaries?^[1]

This seems to show or reveal something thoroughly evil.

What do you think ?

With communist greetings,
Lenin

Notes

[1] A reference to a proposal made by Ionov (Koigen F. M.) to have Mensheviks and S.R.s included in the branches abroad of the Central Famine Relief Commission under the All-Russia C.E.C. On Ionov’s telegram to Chicherin, setting out the proposal, Lenin wrote: “Under no circumstances.”