V. I. Lenin

Source: ru:PSS/v54;es:MT
Translated: machine translation (DeepSeek) from the Russian; AI-translated.

I instruct you to verify, on the basis of what laws and rules, the registration in
Moscow, as reported in *Izvestia* of February 5, of over 143 private publishing houses, what is the personnel of the responsible

* See previous document. *Ed.*

administration and editorial board for each publishing house, what is their civil liability, as well as their liability before the courts in general, who is in charge of this matter in the State Publishing House, who is responsible for it.

Also speak confidentially about what the supervision over this matter by the People's Commissariat of Justice, the Workers' and Peasants' Inspection and the All-Russian Extraordinary Commission consists of and how it is organised. All this is strictly confidential. Prepare me a reply, at least a preliminary one, by Wednesday, February 26.

Lenin