334. To V. M. MOLOTOV FOR THE POLITBUREAU OF THE R.C.P.(B.) C.C.

Written on August 23, 1921 · First published in 1965 in Collected Works, Fifth (Russian) Ed., Vol. 53. Printed from the original. · page 266

Comrade Molotov

I fully support the proposal made by Comrade Trotsky relating to the trip to the border area by the persons he named.^[1] I believe that a number of circumstances really demand the adoption of the most vigorous measures in this sphere, which are inconceivable without a trip of this kind.

Please record my vote “for”.

Lenin

Notes

[1] On August 23, 1921, the Politbureau of the R.C.P.(B.) Central Committee adopted a decision on trips by members of the Revolutionary Military Council of the Republic to the western border to study the stale of its security and defence.