V. I. Lenin

Decree of the Council of People’s Commissars

Comrade Raskolnikov is instructed to immediately contact
the Commissariat for Trade and Industry, as well as the Commissariat for
Food (Machine Supply Department), for the purpose of immediately arranging
for orders to be placed with the works engaged in naval installations and
repairs. Especially urgent is the production of farm implements and
machines, and the building and repair of locomotives. Primary attention to
be paid to the St. Petersburg Metalworks, which is well stocked with fuel
and metal.

The Chief Naval Economic Board is instructed to immediately revise the
estimates of the Ministry for Marine for 1917 with a view to stopping all
expenditure on the naval construction programme and all unproductive
expenditure in general, and reallocating the corresponding sums to useful
national economic work. Comrade I. E. Gukovsky is delegated to take part in
this work in the capacity of plenipotentiary commissar in charge of the
revision of the estimates of all departments.

Daily reports to the Council of People’s Commissars on the fulfilment of
this order shall be made by Comrade Raskolnikov and the person authorised
by the Chief Naval Economic Board (or by Comrade Gukovsky), as well as by
the authorised agent of the Commissariat for Trade and Industry.

V. Ulyanov (Lenin)

Chairman, Council of People’s Commissars

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