V. I.

Lenin

Every commissar tabling a question in the Council of
People’s Commissars shall be required to submit a written
statement specifying:

a) what the question is (briefly) [this statement cannot he confined to
a mere reference to the subject, but must set forth the gist of
the matter].

b) what exactly the Council of People’s Commissars is being asked to do
(give money; adopt such-and- such a resolution, etc. The person
introducing the question must state clearly what he wants)

c) whether the question involves departments under other commissars. If
so, exactly which; whether they have given their findings in writing? [1]

Lenin

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Notes:
[1]
Lenin’s motion was discussed at a meeting of the C.P.C. on December 18
(31), 1917; and a ruling adopted: “To endorse Lenin’s instructions and
Gorbunov’s proposal to close the agenda half an hour before the appointed
meeting and to oblige the People’s Commissars to fulfil this under a
written engagement” (Central Party Archives of the Institute of
Marxism-Leninism of the C.C.of the C.P.S.U.).