Comrade Beloborodov, copy to: Comrade Sergo (Ordzhonikidze), Comrade Radchenko, Comrade Smilga, Comrade Andreyev (All-Russia Central Council of Trade Unions).
October 4, 1921
In view of the statement by the South-Eastern Regional Economic Council that the People’s Commissariat for Foreign Trade in the South-East lacks sufficient authority and is excessively restricted in its independence, etc., etc.,
I request that you immediately convene a meeting with the participation of: Sergo (Ordzhonikidze), I. I. Radchenko (People’s Commissariat for Foreign Trade), Smilga (Supreme Council of the National Economy), and Andreyev (All-Russia Central Council of Trade Unions), so that the outcomes of the meeting, in the form of practical proposals, may be submitted to the Council of Labour and Defence on Friday, October 7, and to the Central Committee.
Present: V. Ulyanov (Lenin).