717. DRAFT TELEGRAM TO G. V. CHICHERIN

Written on May 5 or 6, 1922 · First published in 1964 in Collected Works, Fifth (Russian) Ed., Vol. 45. Printed from the original. · page 540

Be sure to make a break and quickly over the new allied memorandum,^[1] because we shall allow no concession to the owners, and a better opportunity will not be found. Delays weaken us. With the German treaty in hand, we shall now never abandon a long-term effort to stand only on its basis. Start a highly circumspect flirtation with Italy separately.

Notes

[1] A reference to the memorandum of the Allied countries of May 2, 1922, presented to the Soviet delegation at the conference on May 3.