On the Agenda. 1VB Copies to All Members of the Council of State] Regarding the City of Goropy.
1 V. A. Avanesov — Deputy People’s Commissar for State Control; M. I. Rogov — Chairman of the Moscow Soviet; F. F. Syromolotov — Member of the Presidium of the All‑Union Central Executive Committee and Member of the Collegium of the People’s Commissariat for Foreign Affairs; V. I. Milyutin — Deputy Chairman of the Supreme Economic Council.
2 The question “regarding the review of allocations and assignments of military property issued in areas occupied by the enemy” was discussed at the Council of Defense on October 17, 1919, following a report by Lenin. It was decided to “refer this matter to a commission composed of Comrades S. D. Markov, A. I. Svidersky, A. I. Rykov, and E. M. Sklyansky, instructing the commission, should an agreement be reached,” to submit the proposal for Lenin’s signature by Monday, October 20. Following Lenin’s report, the Council of Defense also debated the draft decree “on the Identification of Property Suitable for Military Purposes,” introduced by V. A. Avanesov. However, a decision was made on this issue that mirrored the one just described above.
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ON OVERTIME WORK IN ENTERPRISES ENGAGED IN THE DEFENSE OF THE REPUBLIC¹.
DRAFT REGULATIONS OF THE COUNCIL OF DEFENSE.
[October 17, 1919]
This regulation, approved as a development and temporary suspension of certain tariff provisions and resolutions within the Code of Labor Laws, arises from the exceptional circumstances characterizing the current stage of the country’s history (namely, the very moment of greatest—

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imminent military peril posed by the invasion of forces mobilized by the international imperialist bourgeoisie) and shall remain in force until these conditions are altered.
Chairman of the Council of Defense, V. Ulyanov–Lenin).
1 The draft regulation, amended according to Lenin’s proposal, was approved by the Council of Defense on October 17, 1919 (Prot. No. 75, Sec. 8). A brief report on the regulation adopted by the Council of Defense—drafted, pursuant to a resolution of the Council of People’s Commissars, by Rykov—was published, under Lenin’s signature, in Izvestia of the All‑Union Central Executive Committee, No. 5, Issue 237, dated October 23, 1919.