Feeding the Hungry, P. C. Hiebert, 1929

behalf of the American Mennonite Relief Alvin J. Miller. APPENDIX WHEREAS, the Mennonites of Holland, (Doopsgezin- den), desire also to participate directly in the work of bring- ing relief to the needy in Russia on the basis of the fore- going agreement between the American Mennonite Relief and the Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic and the Ukrainian Socialist Soviet Republic, THEREFORE, it is agreed between the Holland Men- nonite Relief and the Soviet Federative Soviet Relief and the Ukrainian Socialist Soviet Republic, THAT all the terms of the foregoing agreement be- tween the American Mennonite Relief and the Soviet Au- thorities are valid and binding in equal degree also between the Holland Mennonite Relief and Russian Socialist Federa- tive Soviet Republic and the Ukrainian Socialist Soviet Republic. As to the amount stipulated in paragraph First, (1), the sum of not less than Seventy-five Thousand Dollars, (75,000) is guaranteed by the Holland Mennonite Relief in accordance with the telegram from Jacob Koekebakker from Riga 4856-1, 20, 28-9, 17-51, to Max Levien, dated September Twenty-eighth, 1921, as follows: “T accept the whole agreement of Seventy-five Thousand Dollars alone answer to Holland Koekebakker.” A COPY of the foregoing telegram and a COPY of the authorization letter from Jacob Koekebakker are attached to this agreement. APPENDIX 451 Made in Moscow on the First day of October, Nineteen Hundred and Twenty-one. On behalf of the Central Commission for Combatting Famine of the ALL RUSSIAN CENTRAL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE of the SOVIETS. L. Kamenev. On behalf of the Holland MENNONITE RELIEF, Jacob Koekebakker, represented by Alvin J. Miller. The two enclosures follow: I) Copy of telegram of Jacob Koekebakker to Max Levien. Il) Copy of the authorization letter from Jacob Koe- kebakker to Alvin J. Miller. COPY of Telegram of Jacob Koekebakker to Max Levien: Riga 4856/I, 20, 28/9, 17/51 LEVIEN HOTEL LUXE MOSCOW I ACCEPT THE WHOLE AGREEMENT OF SEV- ENTY-THOUSAND DOLLARS ALONE ANSWER TO HOLLAND KOEKEBAKKER. COPY. of AUTHORIZATION LETTER from JACOB KOEKEBAK- KER to ALVIN J. MILLER An Herrn Alvin J. Miller, Savoy Hotel Zimmer 334 Moskou Hierbei habe ich die Ehre namens meine Organisation anzufragen an Sie zeitens meiner Reise nach Holland als Stellvertreter Leiter unserer Hollandische Mennonitische Hilfsaktion auftrete wolle. Ich gebe Sie die Vollmacht in meinem Namen unsere Hilfsaktion zu leiten. Hochachtungsvoll Ihr ganz ergebener Jacob Koekebakker Bevollmaechtigter Vertreter der Hollandische Mennonitische Hilfsaktion. 452 FEEDING THE HUNGRY Moskou, Savoy Hotel, Zimmer 327 26 September 1921 In exact accordance with the original (Signed Max Levien). DOCUMENT III (KHARKOW AGREEMENT) AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE AMERICAN MEN- NONITE RELIEF AND THE UKRAINIAN SOCIALIST SOVIET REPUBLIC WHEREAS a condition of famine prevails in pa