V. I.

Lenin

45

To:   A. I. RYKOV

Rykov

1 st, are there inventory data (1) where ( addresses ) are the goods?

(2) who precisely (names and addresses) has all these goods?

2 nd, where (by whom, when?) was the order made for their safeguarding?

Who is responsible for their safekeeping?

3 rd, who is responsible for their proper (rationed, by cards )

distribution?

4 th, what has been done ( by whom? )
for the free distribution to the poor of part of these and the whole amount of
confiscated products? [1]

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Notes:
[1]
Lenin’s inquiry was written in connection with the stock-taking of goods in warehouses which was being carried out by
the Supreme Economic Council. In reply, Rykov informed Lenin
that: =

1) lists had been drawn up of goods in private, military,
railway and other warehouses; =

2) responsibility for guarding
the stores lay with the organisations to which they belonged;
goods were released from the warehouses on delivery orders
issued by the appropriate central bodies (Central Committee of
Textile Industry, Central Soap Board, etc.); =

3) rationing and
distribution by ration cards was being carried out by the town
Food Committee through co-operative shops and private firms; =

4) there was very little of confiscated products.