V. I.

Lenin

Draft Decision for the Politbureau of the C.C., R.C.P.(B.) on Spendings from the Gold Fund [1]

I move that the Politbureau resolve:

To ask the Presidium of the All-Russia Central Executive
Committee:

1) To revoke the decision of the C.P.C. assigning 5¼
millions for orders to the firm of Armstrong.

2) To suspend the 10.9 million order for tank-cars, and
instruct Kursky within a week to check this expenditure for conformity with
all previous decisions of the Politbureau pertaining to the gold fund.

3) To instruct Kursky to carry out a similar check in
regard to all allocations from the gold fund as from August 1921.

4) To instruct Alsky to devise a proper form of special
accountancy covering spendings from the gold fund and special verification
of each item of expenditure from the point of view of the decisions of the
Politbureau (in co-operation with Molotov).

5) To instruct Kursky to personally ascertain from the
documents whether allocations for Armstrong orders have been started, and
if they have, what the legal position will be in connection with the
annulment of the C.P.C.’s decision and the suspension of their
fulfilment.

Lenin

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Notes:
[1]
The motion concerning spendings from the gold fund was adopted by the
Politbureau on September 14, 1921