SUPPLY OF INDUSTRIAL CENTERS
We request, as a matter of utmost urgency with political significance, to immediately load and dispatch two hundred and fifty thousand puds of bread to Moscow, addressed to Parkomprod. The favorable results of the harvest in the Turkestan Soviet Republic make it possible to quickly dispatch the specified quantity. Please inform the People's Commissariat of Food (distribution department) about the progress of loading and dispatch. Confirm receipt by direct wire.
[0762]
Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars, Lenin.

TO THE TUMEN PROVINCIAL FOOD COMMITTEE, PROVINCIAL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, AND PROVINCIAL PARTY COMMITTEE
Tumen. Provincial Food Committee, copy to the Provincial Executive Committee and Provincial Party Committee.
12 July 1921, 19:20
In view of the urgent need to alleviate the crisis in the centers, which has reached an exceptionally acute stage, I order, as a matter of urgent political importance, to immediately load and dispatch one hundred and fifty thousand puds of bread to the center. Make every effort to maximize the use of resources, accelerate loading and dispatch, and mobilize all available labor. I hold the provincial food commissar personally responsible for the precise execution of this order. Regularly inform the Food Committee (distribution department) about the progress. Confirm receipt immediately.
[0761]
Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars, Lenin.

TO THE PLENIPOTENTIARY OF PARKOMPROD IN ROSTOV-ON-DON
Direct wire note.
Rostov-on-Don, Plenipotentiary of the People's Commissariat of Food Kaganovich, Central Economic Council, South-East Bureau of the Central Committee.
27 July 1921
The weak dispatch of bread from Kuban and Stavropol, combined with the inability to increase shipments from other regions of the Republic, has significantly exacerbated the already severe food crisis in the center, Tsaritsyn, and Astrakhan, which were supposed to receive bread from the North Caucasus according to the plan. According to a report by member of the Food Committee Khalafoz, as of 1 July, there are two million puds of grain, five hundred thousand puds of fodder grain, and two million two hundred thousand puds of oilseeds in stock. Taking into account the internal regional demand for bread and fodder grain until the new harvest, as well as the supply to Azerbaijan, Georgia, and Armenia, and considering it entirely possible to meet these needs with the new harvest starting no later than 10 August, I order, as a matter of urgent military necessity, to dispatch not less than seven hundred and fifty thousand puds of bread and fodder grain, of which two-thirds should go to the center and one-third to Tsaritsyn-Volgoprod, dispatching at least forty wagons daily, with the dispatch proportion being two routes to the center (to Kochetovskaya base) and one to Tsaritsyn, Volgoprod. To successfully carry out this task, I instruct to involve all civilian and military apparatuses, providing me with daily reports, and copying the Food Committee on the progress of loading and dispatch.
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Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars, Lenin.

NOTES AND RESOLUTIONS
3 MARCH—21 JUNE 1921
NOTE TO THE SMALL COUNCIL OF PEOPLE'S COMMISSARS
1. 3 March 1921
I think it is necessary to allow more imports.
You are excessively afraid of speculation. If individuals exchange for bread, is that such a great misfortune? Peasants will get shoes and clothing. Mass speculation must be feared, and professional speculation must not be allowed. However, imports into impoverished Russia should be encouraged, not hindered.
Please review.
Lenin.
On 1 March 1921, Lenin sent a note to the Small Council of People's Commissars (Sovnarkom) proposing to review the decision made by the Small Sovnarkom on 2 March (Protocol 640, Item 11) regarding the restriction of the import of personal items by working emigrants. On the same day, the Small Sovnarkom reviewed its decision, expanding the list of permitted items for import (Protocol 641, Item 11).