493. To I. I. RADCHENKO

Written on November 10, 1921 · First published in 1933 in Lenin Miscellany XXIII. Printed from the original. · page 373

Comrade Radchenko:

This is a Party veteran.

Such men will be of undoubted use in combating dishonest elements abroad.

He is riot a merchant but, according to people experienced   in commerce, will be of unquestionable benefit as an honest man.

I request his appointment.^[1]

With communist greetings,
Lenin

Notes

[1] A reference to L. S. Rivlin, whom Lenin recommended for work in establishments of the People’s Commissariat for Foreign Trade abroad.