V. I.   Lenin

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EXCHANGE OF NOTES WITH K. A. ALFEROV^[1]

Written: Written on June 4, 1920
Published: First published in 1965 in Collected Works, Fifth Ed., Vol. 51. Printed from the original.
Source: Lenin Collected Works, Progress Publishers, 1975, Moscow, Volume 44, page 383^b.
Translated: Clemens Dutt
Transcription\Markup: R. Cymbala
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Comrade Alferov,

Is Takhtamyshev in your service? Are you feeding him badly? Why is he so thin and pale?

K. A. ALFEROV’S REPLY

He is a member of the Supreme Board, lives oil the Soviet ration, works unlimited hours. Alferov.

TO K. A. ALFEROV

He must be given a higher ration, one way or another.

Such a situation can’t be tolerated. An exception must be made.

Notes

[1] Lenin’s exchange of notes with Alferov took place at a meeting of the Council of Labour and Defence on June 4, 1920, at which Takhtamyshev was present.