389. To G. V. CHICHERIN^[2]

Written in the second half of September 1921 · First published in 1959 in Lenin Miscellany XXXVI. Printed from the original. · page 301

Comrade Chicherin:

I think we should break this habit of theirs. Perhaps we could do it this way: reply formally and in writing with reference to the “note”. They will then realise that we shall (soon) mock at them in public and gifler^[1] for their unsigned notes.

Yours,
Lenin

Notes

[1] Slap them down.—Ed.

[2] Written on G. V. Chicherin’s letter about the Note from Britain’s Foreign Secretary, Curzon, of September 7, 1921, alleging that the Soviet Government had violated the Russo-British Agreement of March 16, 1921. The Note had no heading, address or signature. In a reply Note of September 27, 1921, the Soviet Government rejected the unwarranted accusations.