COPY TO THE BOOK CHAMBER
April 28, 1921

I propose that you instruct the Book Chamber to carry out, as an experiment, the following work:

1) From the most important newspapers ("Izvestia VTsIK", "Pravda", "Economic Life", "Petrograd Pravda") and the central regional newspapers—Ukrainian, Caucasian, Siberian, Urals, etc. (in all, together with the central ones, no more than 10 newspapers)—make clippings for the month of May of all materials concerning economic, economic-management and production questions, including also all reports and statistical materials, classify them in detail and paste them into albums; compile four parallel sets of such albums.

2) Compile a most detailed systematic and alphabetical index to the monthly set of the indicated newspapers, which would cover all materials appearing in the newspaper, including advertisements.

For the said work, assign piece-rate payment and, on condition of its good performance, which will satisfy the Council of People's Commissars, assign a bonus with its partial naturalization by agreement with the Bonus Department of the All-Union Central Council of Trade Unions.

Send me a report on the execution through the Administrator of Affairs of the Council of People's Commissars.

Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars
V. Ulyanov (Lenin)

Printed from the original signed by V. I. Lenin.