521. To THE CHAIRMAN OF THE NARROW C.P.C.

Written on November 28, 1921 · First published in 1933 in Lenin Miscellany XXIII. Printed from a typewritten text signed by Lenin. · page 389

I request the Narrow C.P.C. to be sure to examine and take a final decision today on the matter of urgently issuing 70 million rubles to organise an exhibition in Berlin. I appoint Comrade N. P. Gorbunov as rapporteur.^[1]

V. Ulyanov (Lenin)
Chairman, Council of People’s Commissars

Notes

[1] That same day, the Narrow C.P.C. decided to let the People’s Commissariat for Foreign Affairs have 70 million rubles to arrange a Soviet exhibition in Berlin, and instructed the People’s Commissariat for Finance to provide the bank-notes to cover the credit.