June 14, 1918
I propose that a permit be issued without delay to Comrade T. I. Popov, Commissar-Manager of the Moscow Office of the People’s (State) Bank, for the acquisition of 5 poods of smoked meat, 5 poods of bread, 20 pounds of sugar, and 10 pounds of tea, to provide supplementary rations for workers engaged in urgent work at the Office. The aforementioned products must be delivered to Comrade Popov no later than 6 o’clock in the evening of the 15th of this June.
Chairman of the Council
of People’s Commissars V. Ulyanov (Lenin).
Administrator of Affairs of the Council Vlad. Bonch-Bruyevich.
For the Secretary L. Fotieva.
At the top, a notation: “Taken from the archives of the Moscow Union of Consumer Societies.” Ed.