V. I.

Lenin

457

To:   A. O. ALSKY

Secret

21.X.

Comrade Alsky:

Please have information sent me on the reserve , emergency
fund of bank-notes:

(1) monthly, so long as the fund is not < 1,000,000 million, (2) twice a month, if it is not < 500,000 million, (3) weekly, if it is not < 250,000 million, (4) daily, if less.

Also let me know the procedure governing the expenditure
of the emergency fund (who has the right to make disbursements? what are the formalities involved? etc.).

Think this over and let me know with the utmost secrecy,
in a sewn-up and sealed envelope, addressed for personal
delivery, into Lenin’s own hands, from
Alsky. [1]

Lenin

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Notes:
[1]
Documents at the Central Party Archives show that beginning from November 1, 1921, Lenin received reports on the reserve emergency fund twice a month (see also this volume, Documents

459 and 460).