21/VIII.

I very much regret that Tsyurupa did not manage to work in the Rabkrin. I am afraid that the work is not set up quite correctly. The type of work—separate investigations and reports. Old stuff. And there is no remaking of the apparatus or its improvement. There are no model apparatuses built entirely out of Communists or entirely out of students of Soviet Party schools; there are no systematically worked-out work norms that could be applied to other departments; there are no systematic measurements of what Soviet workers can accomplish in various branches in a week, etc.

I kept hoping that an influx of new workers into the collegium of the Rabkrin would enliven the matter, but from questioning Stalin I could not see that. Please drop me a line, and then, if necessary, we’ll arrange a meeting. You have a staff of 8,000.